(sometimes figurative) To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl.
To cause to resemble pearls in shape; to make into small round grains.
to pearl barley
To cause to resemble pearls in lustre or iridescence.
To resemble pearl or pearls.
To hunt for pearls
to go pearling
To dig the nose of one's surfboard into the water, often on takeoff.
The process by which grain is pearled.