ALL meanings of gill
gill
G g - noun gill a male given name. 1
- noun gill a female given name. 1
- verb with object gill to comb (fibers) with a gill. 1
- idioms gill to catch (fish) by the gills in a gill net. 1
- idioms gill green / white around the gills, somewhat pale, as from being sickly, nervous, or frightened: When he heard how much the bill was, he looked a little green around the gills. 1
- idioms gill to the gills, Informal. fully; completely; totally: After that big meal we were all stuffed to the gills. 1
- noun gill breathing organ of fish 1
- noun gill stream 1
- noun gill The paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx. 1
- countable noun gill Gills are the organs on the sides of fish and other water creatures through which they breathe. 0
- noun gill 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 0
- noun gill any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom 0
- verb gill to catch (fish) or (of fish) to be caught in a gill net 0
- verb gill to gut (fish) 0
- noun gill a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint 0
- noun gill half a pint, esp of beer 0
- noun gill a narrow stream; rivulet 0
- noun gill a wooded ravine 0
- noun gill a deep natural hole in rock; pothole 0
- noun gill a girl or sweetheart 0
- noun gill a female ferret 0
- noun gill (Arthur) Eric (Rowton). 1882–1940, British sculptor, engraver, and typographer: his sculptures include the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral, London 0
- noun gill the organ for breathing of most animals that live in water, as fish, lobsters, or clams, consisting of a simple saclike or complex feathery evagination of the body surface, usually richly supplied with blood 0
- noun gill the red flesh hanging below the beak of a fowl; wattle 0
- noun gill the flesh under and about the chin and lower jaw of a person 0
- noun gill any of the thin, leaflike, radiating plates on the undersurface of a mushroom, on which the basidiospores are produced 0
- noun gill a unit of liquid measure, equal to 1⁄4 pint or 4 fluid ounces (0.11829375 liquid liter or 118.29375 milliliters) 0
- noun gill a girl or woman; esp., a sweetheart 0
- noun gill a wooded ravine or glen 0
- noun gill a narrow stream; brook 0