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Meaning of 'gild' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gild [ v. t.]
- To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
- To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
- To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
- To make red with drinking.

Meaning of 'gild' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gild [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a formal association of people with similar interests
Example in sentence:
  • he joined a golf club;
  • men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today;
  • they formed a small lunch society

Nearby Words:

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