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Audio Help [gild] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), gild·ed or gilt, gild·ing.
—Idiom
| 1. | to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance. |
| 2. | to give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to. |
| 3. | Archaic. to make red, as with blood. |
| 4. | gild the lily, to add unnecessary ornamentation, a special feature, etc., in an attempt to improve something that is already complete, satisfactory, or ideal: After that wonderful meal, serving a fancy dessert would be gilding the lily. |
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tr.v. gild·ed or gilt (gĭlt), gild·ing, gilds
[Middle English gilden, from Old English gyldan; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.] gild'er n. |
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n. Variant of guild. |
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n.
[Middle English gild, from Old Norse gildi, payment, guild.] |
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gild
O.E. gyldan, from P.Gmc. *gulthianan (cf. O.N. gylla "to guild"), from *gulthan "gold." Shakespeare's lilies were never gilded. The quote ("King John," iv.2) is, "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily."
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 1. | a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [syn: club] |
verb | |
| 1. | decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
gild [gild] verb
to cover with gilt
Example: We could gild the frame of that picture.
Example: We could gild the frame of that picture.
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Gild
Gild\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234. See Gold.]1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." --Pope. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope. 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull. 3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak. 4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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