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Antonyms for gemmed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : jem
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɛm

Definition of gemmed

Origin :
  • Old English gimm "precious stone, gem, jewel," also "eye," from Latin gemma "precious stone, jewel," originally "bud," perhaps from the root *gen- "to produce," or from PIE *gembh- "tooth, nail." Of persons, from late 13c. Forms in -i-, -y- were lost early 14c., and the modern form of the word probably representing a Middle English borrowing from Old French gemme (12c.). As a verb, from c.1600, "to adorn with gems;" mid-12c. as "to bud."
  • As in bedeck : verb dress up
Example sentences :
  • They trudged through bypaths where the bushes were gemmed with dew.
  • Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
  • You have dressed it, and gemmed it, and—made your discovery.
  • Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
  • My little tree is gemmed with buds, shy, immature, but full of promise.
  • Extract from : « The Roadmender » by Michael Fairless
  • They must not be gemmed and garlanded beyond the recognition of their parents.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • The cloud-wrack had blown over, the sky was clear and gemmed with stars.
  • Extract from : « Frey and His Wife » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • They have strewed my solitary path with flowers, and gemmed my sky with stars.
  • Extract from : « The Grimk Sisters » by Catherine H. Birney
  • Above was the firmament, gemmed with worlds, and sublime in immensity.
  • Extract from : « The Bravo » by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • Then he brushed away the frozen tears that gemmed his lashes.
  • Extract from : « The Turtles of Tasman » by Jack London
  • Though the rain had ceased the trees were gemmed with drops that still dripped.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Isaac Brock » by Walter R. Nursey
  • Some of the plateaus are forest-clad and have perennial waters and are gemmed with lakelets.
  • Extract from : « Canyons of the Colorado » by J. W. Powell

Synonyms for gemmed

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