gild
verb/ɡɪld/
/ɡɪld/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they gild | /ɡɪld/ /ɡɪld/ |
| he / she / it gilds | /ɡɪldz/ /ɡɪldz/ |
| past simple gilded | /ˈɡɪldɪd/ /ˈɡɪldɪd/ |
| past participle gilded | /ˈɡɪldɪd/ /ˈɡɪldɪd/ |
| -ing form gilding | /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/ /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/ |
- gild something (literary) to make something look bright, as if covered with gold
- The golden light gilded the sea.
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- gild something to cover something with a thin layer of gold or gold paintTopics Artc2
Word OriginOld English gyldan, of Germanic origin; related to gold.
Idioms
See gild in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygild the lily
- to cause something to be less good or beautiful than it already is by trying to improve it
- Some people add a little brandy to the recipe but I feel this is gilding the lily.
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