gill
1the 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.
to gut or clean (fish).
to catch (fish) by the gills in a gill net.
Idioms about gill
Origin of gill
1Other words from gill
- gill-less, adjective
- gill-like, adjective
Words Nearby gill
Other definitions for gill (2 of 6)
a unit of liquid measure equal to ¼ pint (118.2937 milliliters).
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2Other definitions for gill (3 of 6)
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3Other definitions for gill (4 of 6)
a girl or young woman, especially a sweetheart.
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4Other definitions for gill (5 of 6)
a faller used in the combing process, generally for only the highest-quality fibers.
to comb (fibers) with a gill.
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5Other definitions for Gill (6 of 6)
a male given name.
a female given name.
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How to use gill in a sentence
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.
Congress presses Robinhood CEO on company’s role in GameStop stock frenzy | Tory Newmyer, Douglas MacMillan, Hamza Shaban | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostDebra 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.
Three theories GameStop witnesses hope to dispel | Douglas MacMillan | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostOn wallstreetbets, gill’s fans debated whether he could retire and live off his dividends.
The GameStop stock craze is about a populist uprising against Wall Street. But it’s more complicated than that. | David J. Lynch | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post“Now we must ensure all LGBTQ Americans are protected from discrimination,” gill and Miller conclude.
Gill Foundation puts up $1 million for campaign to expand LGBTQ civil rights | Chris Johnson | January 20, 2021 | Washington BladeIt’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.
Why two doses of the new COVID-19 vaccines are better that one | Tara Santora | December 26, 2020 | Popular-Science
“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.
New NSA Bombshell Proves ‘Muslim’ Equals ‘Suspicious’ in America | Dean Obeidallah | July 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOur 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.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisAfter the boiling has ceased, but before it is cold, add one gill of spirits of wine, and a grain of musk.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyCaptain gill had been so kind as to send after me a choice tiffen, together with table and chairs, into this wilderness.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHalf a gill of rum to two of water was served out once a day to each man.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellIt would not have been difficult to imagine in the midst of that swelling mass the shapes of fins and gill-coverings.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
British Dictionary definitions for gill (1 of 5)
/ (ɡɪl) /
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: Related adjective: branchial
any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom
to catch (fish) or (of fish) to be caught in a gill net
(tr) to gut (fish)
Origin of gill
1- See also gills
Derived forms of gill
- gilled, adjective
- gill-less, adjective
- gill-like, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for gill (2 of 5)
/ (dʒɪl) /
a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint
Northern English dialect half a pint, esp of beer
Origin of gill
2British Dictionary definitions for gill (3 of 5)
ghyll
/ (ɡɪl) /
a narrow stream; rivulet
a wooded ravine
(capital when part of place name) a deep natural hole in rock; pothole: Gaping Gill
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3British Dictionary definitions for gill (4 of 5)
/ (dʒɪl) /
archaic a girl or sweetheart
dialect a female ferret: Also spelt: jill
an archaic or dialect name for ground ivy
Origin of gill
4British Dictionary definitions for Gill (5 of 5)
/ (ɡɪl) /
(Arthur) Eric (Rowton). 1882–1940, British sculptor, engraver, and typographer: his sculptures include the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral, London
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Scientific definitions for 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.
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