gild
verb (used with object)
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
have gilded
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present perfectof gild.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Frankly, the heavy cream would only have gilded the lily and then drowned it in cream.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
Oil and the massive size of the domestic market have gilded a tiny minority of Nigerians in riches in recent years. The country’s rate of private jet purchasing has begun to rival China’s.
From Slate ● May 30, 2014
They have invested hundreds of millions in the 1980 Games and have gilded every onion dome in Moscow.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wealthiest people have gilded and painted mummy cases with amulets and funerary papyrus.
From The Egyptian Conception of Immortality by George Andrew Reisner
Some of them have gilded mouldings, and one of them is shaped like the stern of a ship.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by James Edward Parrott
