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gildenUK
gildembellish with gold: gild the lily
Not to be confused with:guild – organization of people with related interests: The Writers Guildgild 1 G0124200 (gĭld)tr.v. gild·ed or gilt (gĭlt), 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 lily1. To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.2. To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.
[Middle English gilden, from Old English gyldan; see ghel- in Indo-European roots.]
gild′er n.
gild 2 G0124200 (gĭld)n. Variant of guild.gild (ɡɪld) vb (tr) , gilds, gilding, gilded or gilt (ɡɪlt) 1. to cover with or as if with gold2. gild the lily a. to adorn unnecessarily something already beautifulb. to praise someone inordinately3. to give a falsely attractive or valuable appearance to4. archaic to smear with blood[Old English gyldan, from gold gold; related to Old Norse gylla, Middle High German vergülden] ˈgilder n
gild (ɡɪld) n a variant spelling of guild2 ˈgildsman ngild1 (gɪld)
v.t. gild•ed gilt, gild•ing. 1. to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance. 2. to give a bright, pleasing, or specious aspect to. 3. Archaic. to make red, as with blood. Idioms: gild the lily, to add unnecessary refinements to something already exemplary. [1300–50; Middle English; Old English -gyldan; akin to gold] gild′er, n. gild2 (gɪld)
n. guild. gild
Past participle: gilded/gilt
Gerund: gilding
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| I gild | | you gild | | he/she/it gilds | | we gild | | you gild | | they gild |
| Preterite |
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| I gilded/gilt | | you gilded/gilt | | he/she/it gilded/gilt | | we gilded/gilt | | you gilded/gilt | | they gilded/gilt |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am gilding | | you are gilding | | he/she/it is gilding | | we are gilding | | you are gilding | | they are gilding |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have gilded/gilt | | you have gilded/gilt | | he/she/it has gilded/gilt | | we have gilded/gilt | | you have gilded/gilt | | they have gilded/gilt |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was gilding | | you were gilding | | he/she/it was gilding | | we were gilding | | you were gilding | | they were gilding |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had gilded/gilt | | you had gilded/gilt | | he/she/it had gilded/gilt | | we had gilded/gilt | | you had gilded/gilt | | they had gilded/gilt |
| Future |
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| I will gild | | you will gild | | he/she/it will gild | | we will gild | | you will gild | | they will gild |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have gilded/gilt | | you will have gilded/gilt | | he/she/it will have gilded/gilt | | we will have gilded/gilt | | you will have gilded/gilt | | they will have gilded/gilt |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be gilding | | you will be gilding | | he/she/it will be gilding | | we will be gilding | | you will be gilding | | they will be gilding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been gilding | | you have been gilding | | he/she/it has been gilding | | we have been gilding | | you have been gilding | | they have been gilding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been gilding | | you will have been gilding | | he/she/it will have been gilding | | we will have been gilding | | you will have been gilding | | they will have been gilding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been gilding | | you had been gilding | | he/she/it had been gilding | | we had been gilding | | you had been gilding | | they had been gilding |
| Conditional |
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| I would gild | | you would gild | | he/she/it would gild | | we would gild | | you would gild | | they would gild |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have gilded/gilt | | you would have gilded/gilt | | he/she/it would have gilded/gilt | | we would have gilded/gilt | | you would have gilded/gilt | | they would have gilded/gilt |
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, orderassociation - 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 learningbookclub - a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced priceschapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"chess club - a club of people to play chesscountry club - a suburban club for recreation and socializingfrat, fraternity - a social club for male undergraduatesglee club - a club organized to sing togethergolf club - a club of people to play golfhunt club, hunt - an association of huntsmen who hunt for sportinvestors club - a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointlyjockey club - a club to promote and regulate horse racingracket club - club for players of racket sportsrowing club - a club for rowersslate 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 undergraduatesturnverein - a club of tumblers or gymnastsboat club, yacht club - club that promotes and supports yachting and boatingservice club - a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public servicesclub member - someone who is a member of a club | | Verb | 1. |  gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid goldbegild, engildadorn, 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" |
gildverb1. To give a deceptively attractive appearance to:color, gloss (over), gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, whitewash.Idioms: paper over, put a good face on.2. To make superficially more acceptable or appealing:candy, honey, sugar, sugarcoat, sweeten.Translationsgild (gild) verb to cover with gilt. We could gild the frame of that picture. 鍍金 把…镀金，给...涂上金色 gildenUK
gilded cageA life of wealth and luxury but without true freedom, happiness, or contentment. She married her husband because of his fortune, but her lonely life inside their mansion with a man she did not love quickly became a gilded cage.See also: cage, gildbe (like) a bird in a gilded cageTo live a life of wealth and luxury but to be without true freedom, happiness, or contentment. She married her husband because of his fortune, and now she is a bird in a gilded cage, living her lonely life inside their empty mansion with a man she does not love. John forsook his friends and family in the pursuit of his riches, but with no friends or loved ones, he is now like a bird in a gilded cage.See also: bird, cage, gildgild the pillTo make something unpleasant seem appealing. I knew that my daughter was not going to be happy to go the doctor, so I gilded the pill by reminding her about all the toys that are in the office.See also: gild, pillgild the lilyTo further adorn something that is already beautiful. You look radiant, as always—wearing such an extravagant gown is just gilding the lily.See also: gild, lilygild the lilyFig. to add ornament or decoration to something that is pleasing in its original state; to attempt to improve something that is already fine the way it is. (Often refers to flattery or exaggeration.) Your house has lovely brickwork. Don't paint it. That would be gilding the lily. Oh, Sally. You're beautiful the way you are. You don't need makeup. You would be gilding the lily.See also: gild, lilygilded cageThe encumbrances or limitations that often accompany material wealth, as in She had furs, jewelry, whatever money could buy, but was trapped in a gilded cage. This metaphoric expression indicating that riches cannot buy happiness was popularized (and possibly coined) in a song, "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (1990; lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb, music by Harry von Tilzer), about a young girl marrying for wealth instead of love and paying for luxury with a life of regret. See also: cage, gildgild the lilyAdd unnecessary adornment or supposed improvement. For example, Offering three different desserts after that elaborate meal would be gilding the lily. This expression is a condensation of Shakespeare's metaphor in King John (4:2): "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily ... is wasteful and ridiculous excess." [c. 1800] See also: gild, lilygild the lily If someone gilds the lily, they try to improve something which is already very good, and so what they are doing is unnecessary. There can be a temptation to gild the lily in such documents, making exaggerated claims about what the school can offer to students. Top the cake with ice cream or whipped cream, if you're keen on gilding the lily. Note: This expression may be based on lines in Shakespeare's `King John' (1595): `To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.' (Act 4, Scene 2) See also: gild, lilygild the lily try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent. This phrase adapts lines from Shakespeare's King John: ‘To gild refined gold, to paint the lily…Is wasteful and ridiculous excess’.See also: gild, lilygild the ˈlily try to improve something which is already perfect, and so spoil it: The dress is perfect. Don’t add anything to it at all. It would just be gilding the lily.This comes from Shakespeare’s play King John. Gild means ‘to cover something with a thin layer of gold’. A lily is a very beautiful flower.See also: gild, lily gild the lily1. To adorn unnecessarily something already beautiful.2. To make superfluous additions to what is already complete.See also: gild, lilygild the lily, toTo add excessive ornament; to pile excess on excess. This term is a condensation of Shakespeare’s statement in King John (4.2), “To gild refined gold, to paint the lily . . . is wasteful and ridiculous excess.” Earlier (sixteenth-century) versions of this idea cited whitening ivory with ink (Erasmus, Adagia) and painting fine marble (George Pettie, Petite Pallace). Byron quoted Shakespeare correctly (“But Shakespeare also says, ’tis very silly to gild refined gold, or paint the lily”), in Don Juan (1818), but sometime during the succeeding years it became the cliché we now know.See also: gildgild the lilyEngage in an unnecessary and usually wasteful activity. Like carrying coals to Newcastle, to gild a lily would be a waste of time as the flower already possesses more than sufficient beauty. The phrase comes from a misquotation of lines from Shakespeare's King John: Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess.See also: gild, lilygildenUK
guild, gild1. (esp in medieval Europe) an association of men sharing the same interests, such as merchants or artisans: formed for mutual aid and protection and to maintain craft standards or pursue some other purpose such as communal worship 2. Ecology a group of plants, such as a group of epiphytes, that share certain habits or characteristics guildhallA place of assembly for a society of craftsmen or merchants for their mutual assistance; an outgrowth of similar medieval organizations or guilds.MedicalSeeguildFinancialSeeGuildGILD
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gildenUK
Related to gild: gild the lilySynonyms for gildverb to give a deceptively attractive appearance toSynonyms- color
- gloss
- gloze
- sugarcoat
- varnish
- veneer
- whitewash
verb to make superficially more acceptable or appealingSynonyms- candy
- honey
- sugar
- sugarcoat
- sweeten
Synonyms for gildnoun a formal association of people with similar interestsSynonyms- guild
- social club
- society
- lodge
- club
- order
Related Words- association
- athenaeum
- atheneum
- bookclub
- chapter
- chess club
- country club
- frat
- fraternity
- glee club
- golf club
- hunt club
- hunt
- investors club
- jockey club
- racket club
- rowing club
- slate club
- sorority
- turnverein
- boat club
- yacht club
- service club
- club member
verb decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid goldSynonymsRelated Words- adorn
- decorate
- grace
- ornament
- embellish
- beautify
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