gild (redirected from gilding the lily)

gild ¹  (gld)

tr.v. gild·ed or gilt (glt), gild·ing, gilds

1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold.

2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to.

3. Archaic To smear with blood.

Idiom:

gild the lily

1. To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.

2. To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.

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[Middle English gilden, from Old English gyldan; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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gilder n.

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gild ²  (gld)

n.

Variant of guild.

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gild¹

vb gilds, gilding, gilded, gilt [gɪlt] (tr)

1. to cover with or as if with gold

gild the lily

a.  to adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful

b.  to praise someone inordinately

3. to give a falsely attractive or valuable appearance to

4. Archaic to smear with blood

[Old English gyldan, from gold gold; related to Old Norse gylla, Middle High German vergülden]

gilder  n

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gild²

n

a variant spelling of guild [2]

gildsman  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gild - 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" guild, social club, society, lodge, club, order association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" athenaeum, atheneum - a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning bookclub - a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" chess club - a club of people to play chess country club - a suburban club for recreation and socializing frat, fraternity - a social club for male undergraduates glee club - a club organized to sing together golf club - a club of people to play golf hunt club, hunt - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport investors club - a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly jockey club - a club to promote and regulate horse racing racket club - club for players of racket sports rowing club - a club for rowers slate club - a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas) sorority - a social club for female undergraduates turnverein - a club of tumblers or gymnasts boat club, yacht club - club that promotes and supports yachting and boating service club - a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services club member - someone who is a member of a club
Verb	1.	gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold begild, engild adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

Translations

gild [gɪld] (gilded (pt) (gilded) (gilt (pp))) VT [+ metal, frame] → dorar
to gild the lily → embellecer lo perfecto

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gild [ˈgɪld] vt → dorer
gilded cage n → cage f dorée

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gild pret <gilded>, ptp <gilded or gilt>

vt → vergolden; to gild the lily → des Guten zu viel tun

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gild [gɪld] vt (metal, frame) → dorare (fig) → indorare
to gild the lily (fig) → aggiungere inutili fronzoli

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gild

v gild [gild]

to cover with gilt We could gild the frame of that picture. verguld يَطْلي بِالذَّهَب позлатявам (po)zlatit forgylde vergolden επιχρυσώνω dorar kuldama آب طلا کردن kullata dorer להזהיב कलई करना pozlatiti, naresiti bearanyoz melapisi, menyepuh gylla dorare 金めっきする 금박을 입히다 paauksuoti apzeltīt menyepuh vergulden forgylle pozłocić dourar a auri покрывать позолотой (po)zlátiť pozlatiti pozlatiti förgylla เคลือบทอง altın kaplamak, yaldızlamak 鍍金 золотити سونے کا پانی چڑھانا mạ vàng 给...涂上金色