gild

ɡɪld

gilt

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Definition of gild - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

apply gold

Rare

cover thinly with gold

Rare

The artisan decided to gild the frame beautifully..

overlay

appearance

Rare

make something look better, sometimes in a misleading way

Rare

He tried to gild the truth with fancy words.

embellish

glamorize

sugarcoat

Noun

trade group

Rare

group of people joined for a common purpose

Rare

She joined the artists’ gild to network.

association

guild

union

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Expressions with gild

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gild the pill

make something unpleasant seem more attractive

He tried to gild the pill by offering extra benefits with the job..

gild the lily

embellish something unnecessarily

She decided to gild the lily by adding more decorations.

Origin of gild

Old English, gyldan (to pay)

Examples of gild in a sentence

The craftsman will gild the edges of the book.
She gilded the report to impress the investors.
They gilded the resume with exaggerated achievements.
The merchants’ gild set trade standards for apprentices.
He petitioned the gild for winter relief funds.

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French:dorer, guilde, ...
German:vergolden, Gilde, ...
Italian:dorare, corporazione, ...
Spanish:dorar, gremio, ...
Portuguese:dourar, grémio, ...
Chinese:镀金, 行会, ...
Japanese:金箔を貼る, ギルド, ...
Arabic:ذَهَّبَ, نِقابَة, ...
Hebrew:לְהַזְהִיב, גִּילְדָּה, ...
Russian:позолотить, гильдия, ...
Ukrainian:позолотити, гільдія, ...
Hindi:सोने का पानी चढ़ाना, गिल्ड, ...
Bengali:সোনার প্রলেপ দেওয়া, গিল্ড, ...
Catalan:daurar, gremi, ...
Czech:pozlatit, cech, ...
Danish:forgylde, laug, ...
Dutch:vergulden, gilde, ...
Greek:επιχρυσώνω, συντεχνία, ...
Hungarian:aranyozni, céh, ...
Khmer:ស្រោបមាស, សមាគម, ...
Korean:금박을 입히다, 길드, ...
Persian:طلاکاری کردن, انجمن, ...
Polish:pozłacać, gildia, ...
Portuguese (BR):dourar, guilda, ...
Romanian:a aurit, breaslă, ...
Swedish:förgylla, gille, ...
Thai:ปิดทอง, สมาคม, ...
Turkish:yaldızlamak, lonca, ...
Vietnamese:mạ vàng, hiệp hội, ...

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