gill
/ɡɪl/ verb C2- To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
- To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
- To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
He/she/it gills · Past gilled · Past participle gilled · -ing form gilling
Verb forms
- Base form
- gill
- He/she/it
- gills
- Past
- gilled
- Past participle
- gilled
- -ing form
- gilling
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Eschewing the ostentatious, illustrated dust jackets of the era, Young devised a brilliantly minimalist, color-coded grid utilizing the elegantly modern Gill Sans typeface.
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