meaning of gem

1. A bud.
2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc. , especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.
4. To put forth in the form of buds.
5. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
6. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
7. GEM system> One of the first commercially available GUIs. Borrowing heavily from the Macintosh WIMP-style interface it was available for both the IBM compatible market being packaged with Amstrads original PC series and more successfully for the Atari ST range. The PC version was produced by Digital Research more famous for DR-DOS, their MS-DOS clone, and was not developed very far. The Atari version, however, continued to be developed until the early 1990s and the later versions supported 24-bit colour modes, full colour icons and a nice looking sculpted 3D interface.
8. art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

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