Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

More definitions
  • adorn or decorate with precious stones

Examples

108 sentences

  1. The police found the stolen jewels.

    Поліція знайшла вкрадені коштовності. — deniko

    ruПолиция обнаружила украденные драгоценности. — marafon

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  2. He was accused of stealing the jewels.

    Його звинуватили у крадіжці коштовностей. — deniko

    deEr wurde wegen Diebstahls der Juwelen angeklagt. — Espi

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  3. The actress always wears expensive jewels.

    ruЭта актриса всегда носит дорогие ювелирные изделия. — zwhzwh

    deDie Schauspielerin trägt immer teure Juwelen. — Peanutfan

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  4. Tom is an international jewel thief.

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  5. What kind of jewel is this?

    ruЧто это за драгоценность такая? — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old Fre

From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.

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Forms

jewels, jeweling, jeweled, jeweled
Base formjewel · to jewel
3rd person singularjewels
Present participlejeweling
Past simplejeweled / jewelled
Past participlejeweled / jewelled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjewel
he, she, itjewels

Past simpleLesson

all personsjeweled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jeweled
he, she, ithas jeweled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jewel

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • adorn or decorate with precious stones:bejewel

Word family

4 related words
Relatedjewellerjewelerjewelryjewellery

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jettyjewjewelerB2jewelleryA1jewelryA1JewishB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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