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Gild

Gild Meaning & Definition
Gild Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gild?

[n] 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"
[v] decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gild: begild | club | engild | guild | lodge | order | society

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gild: 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 | double-dye | dress up | dye | elaborate | embellish | emblazon | embroider | enamel | engild | enrich | face | falsify | fast-dye | festoon | flourish | fresco | fudge | garble | gild the lily | glaze | gloss | gloss over | grain | hue | illuminate | imbue | ingrain | involve | japan | jaundice | lacquer | lay on | lay on color | load with ornament | mask | miscite | miscolor | misquote | misreport | misrepresent | misstate | ornament | overcharge | overlay | overload | overstate | paint | parget | pervert | pigment | prime | sallow | shade | shadow | shellac | slant | slap on | slather | slop on paint | smear | smear on | spread on | spread with | stain | stipple | strain | sweeten | tar | tinct | tincture | tinge | tint | titivate | tone | trick out | turn yellow | twist | undercoat | understate | varnish | warp | wash | whitewash | yellow

See Also | adorn | association | athenaeum | atheneum | beautify | boat club | bookclub | chapter | chess club | club member | country club | decorate | embellish | frat | fraternity | glee club | golf club | grace | hunt | hunt club | investors club | jockey club | ornament | racket club | rowing club | secret society | service club | slate club | sorority | turnverein | yacht club

Gild In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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