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gill
1[ gil ]
noun
- the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- Also called lamella. one of the radiating vertical plates on the underside of the cap of an agaric mushroom.
verb (used with object)
- to gut or clean (fish).
- to catch (fish) by the gills in a gill net.
gill
2[ jil ]
noun
- a unit of liquid measure equal to ¼ pint (118.2937 milliliters).
gill
3[ gil ]
gill
4[ jil ]
noun
- a girl or young woman, especially a sweetheart.
gill
5[ gil ]
noun
- a faller used in the combing process, generally for only the highest-quality fibers.
verb (used with object)
- to comb (fibers) with a gill.
Gill
6[ gil jil ]
noun
- a male given name.
- a female given name.
gill
1/ ɡɪl /
noun
- the respiratory organ in many aquatic animals, consisting of a membrane or outgrowth well supplied with blood vessels. External gills occur in tadpoles, some molluscs, etc; internal gills , within gill slits, occur in most fishes branchial
- any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom
verb
- to catch (fish) or (of fish) to be caught in a gill net
- tr to gut (fish)
Gill
2/ ɡɪl /
noun
- Gill(Arthur) Eric18821940MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptorARTS AND CRAFTS: engraverWRITING: typographer ( Arthur ) Eric ( Rowton ). 1882–1940, British sculptor, engraver, and typographer: his sculptures include the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral, London
gill
3/ ɡɪl /
noun
- a narrow stream; rivulet
- a wooded ravine
- capital when part of place name a deep natural hole in rock; pothole
Gaping Gill
gill
4/ dʒɪl /
noun
- archaic.a girl or sweetheart
- dialect.a female ferret Also speltjill
- an archaic or dialect name for ground ivy
gill
5/ dʒɪl /
noun
- a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint
- dialect.half a pint, esp of beer
gill
/ gĭl /
- The organ that enables most aquatic animals to take dissolved oxygen from the water. It consists of a series of membranes that have many small blood vessels. Oxygen passes into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide passes out of it as water flows across the membranes.
- One of the thin strips of tissue on the underside of the cap of many species of basidiomycete fungi. Gills produce the spore-bearing structures known as basidia.
Derived Forms
- ˈgill-ˌlike, adjective
- gilled, adjective
- ˈgill-less, adjective
Other Words From
- gill-less adjective
- gill-like adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of gill1
Origin of gill2
Origin of gill3
Word History and Origins
Origin of gill1
Origin of gill2
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Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
As members of Congress interviewed the key players in the GameStop saga, Reddit users on the investing forum WallStreetBets published live commentary, cheering on Gill, who has become a folk hero in online trading communities.
Debra O’Malley, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth, said earlier this month that the state was examining Gill’s social media activity as it relates to his former role at MassMutual.
On wallstreetbets, Gill’s fans debated whether he could retire and live off his dividends.
“Now we must ensure all LGBTQ Americans are protected from discrimination,” Gill and Miller conclude.
It’s less clear how a single dose of Pfizer’s vaccine stacks up against a double dose, which is 95 percent effective—but Gill says the data suggests that one shot is around 90 percent effective.
“I feel sorry for what she did to Russ and his daughter,” Gill said.
“She was hot-headed, had her own way of doing things,” Gill said—and so, he left to form a separate militia group.
Another was Faisal Gill, a U.S. Navy veteran, who had in the past secured the GOP nomination for the Virginia House of Delegates.
Our latest episode of “I Am Moral Courage” profiles a rare citizen, Randi Gill from Oklahoma.
A week later Gill, 32, was taking a break in the Lake District, a picturesque sweep of mountains outside Manchester.
The most significant of these is that in which the embryo is closely assimilated to the fish, by the possession of gill slits.
After the boiling has ceased, but before it is cold, add one gill of spirits of wine, and a grain of musk.
Captain Gill had been so kind as to send after me a choice tiffen, together with table and chairs, into this wilderness.
Half a gill of rum to two of water was served out once a day to each man.
It would not have been difficult to imagine in the midst of that swelling mass the shapes of fins and gill-coverings.
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