Definitions
1.verb(sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
2.verbTo cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains."to pearl barley"
3.verbTo cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
4.verbTo resemble pearl or pearls.
5.verbTo hunt for pearls"to go pearling"
6.verbTo dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
7.nounThe process by which grain is pearled.