gild
verb (used with object)
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
is gilding
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present progressiveof gild (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But watching a despondent Lucy walking through the rain following an unpleasant discovery is gilding the lily.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021
March's great room is gilding, and when finished he is to give a dinner to Lady Sarah, and a concert to a great many more.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe
In no country of the world is gilding and plating with gold so lavishly employed on the exterior of buildings.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
"It is not gold, child: it is gilding."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various
There is gilding in the big dining-room, but the breakfast-room is as simple as a New England boarding-house.
From Peking Dust by Ellen Newbold La Motte
