to gild

Examples

• All

• Now, in this frame, the edges and the sides were painted with gold paint, whereas the front and all the ornamentation was gilded with real gold.

• The artist decided to gild the edges of the painting for added beauty.

• The vast doors were gilded, so remarkably was every bronze shingle on the roof.

• The Emperor bathed in perfumed oil, dissolved pearls in his drinks and gilded the food served at his banquets on Lake Nemi, just outside Rome.

• You can gild a simple frame to make it look more elegant.

• They used special paint to gild the picture frames in the gallery.

Synonyms

G

to gold-plate

vsto gild

• Specialized

15 5.5

To put a thin layer of gold on something

is the general process of covering with a thin gold or goldlike layer

G

to goldplate

vsto gild

• Specialized

1 6.5

To cover an object with a thin layer of gold

is the general act of adding a thin gold or goldlike layer

E

to engild

vsto gild

• Archaic

9.9

To cover something with gold or thin gold leaf

is said specifically of applying a thin gold or goldlike layer

B

to begild

vsto gild

• Archaic

9.9

To put thin gold or gold leaf on something

is broader and covers any thin gold or goldlike coating

A

to aurify

vsto gild

9.9

To make something look golden

is about physically adding a thin gold layer rather than only changing color

Antonyms

S

to strip

129 2.7

Remove all covering or contents from an object so it is left bare

Idioms

G

to gild the lily

• Informal

2 8.8

To make unneeded changes to something already beautiful

How Golden

to gold-plate

• Specialized

15 5.5

to gild

6 7.0

Surface Forms

Etymology