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11gild — be·gild; en·gild; gild; orf·gild; re·gild; un·gild; wer·gild; were·gild; …
12gild — I [[t]gɪld[/t]] v. t. gild•ed gilt, gild•ing 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 • gild the lily Etymology: 1300–50; ME; OE… …
13gild — I. /gɪld / (say gild) verb (t) (gilded or gilt, gilding) 1. to coat with gold, gold leaf, or gold coloured substance. 2. to give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to. 3. Obsolete to make red, as with blood. –phrase …
14gild — gild1 gildable, adj. /gild/, v.t., gilded or gilt, gilding. 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 …
15gild — to tell a lie about Literally, to cover thinly with gold, and perhaps alluding to that misquoted cliché gild the lily Shakespeare actually wrote to gild refined gold, to paint the lily {King John). In phrases such as gild the facts,… …
16gild — UK [ɡɪld] / US verb [transitive] Word forms gild : present tense I/you/we/they gild he/she/it gilds present participle gilding past tense gilded past participle gilded 1) to cover a surface with a very thin layer of gold 2) literary if light… …
17gild — [[t]gɪ̱ld[/t]] gilds, gilding, gilded 1) VERB If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint. [V n] Carve the names and gild them. [V ed] ...gilded statues. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone is gilding the… …
18gild — See gild, guild …
19gild — Synonyms and related words: adorn, apply paint, aurify, bedaub, belie, besmear, brighten, brush on paint, butter, calcimine, camouflage, coat, color, complexion, convolute, cover, dab, daub, decorate, deep dye, dip, disguise, distemper, distort,… …
20gild — gild1 verb 1》 cover thinly with gold. 2》 [as adjective gilded] wealthy and privileged: gilded youth. Phrases gild the lily try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent. Derivatives gilder noun gilding noun …
