gild
pronunciation
How to pronounce gild in British English:
UK [ɡɪld]
How to pronounce gild in American English:
US [ɡɪld]
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- Noun:
- a formal association of people with similar interests
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- Verb:
- decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Word Origin
- gild
- gild: see gold
- gild (v.)
- Old English gyldan "to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold," from Proto-Germanic *gulthjan (cognates: Old Norse gylla "to gild," Old High German ubergulden "to cover with gold"), from *gulthan "gold" (see gold). Related: Gilded; gilding. Figuratively from 1590s.
Example
- 1. Refined sugar ; refined oil ; to gild refined gold-shakespeare .
- 2. Black gild button , made in korea , electric guitar .
- 3. White gild button , made in korea , electric guitar .
- 4. Comment on this would be to gild the lily .
- 5. That male is a danger to gild .