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ALL meanings of gill

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  • 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
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