'Gild' definitions:
Definition of 'gild'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Gild'
From: GCIDE
- Gild \Gild\ (g[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. [root]234. See Gold.]
- 1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. [1913 Webster]
- Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gild'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adorn,
- apply paint,
- aurify,
- bedaub,
- belie,
- besmear,
- brighten,
- brush on paint,
- butter,
- calcimine,
- camouflage,
- coat,
- color,
- complexion,
- convolute,
- cover,
- dab,
- daub,
- decorate,
- deep-dye,
- dip,
- disguise,
- distemper,
- distort,
- double-dye,
- dress up,
- dye,
- elaborate,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- embroider,
- enamel,
- engild,
- enrich,
- face,
- falsify,
- fast-dye,
- festoon,
- flourish,
- fresco,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gild the lily,
- glaze,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- grain,
- hue,
- illuminate,
- imbue,
- ingrain,
- involve,
- japan,
- jaundice,
- lacquer,
- lay on,
- lay on color,
- load with ornament,
- mask,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- ornament,
- overcharge,
- overlay,
- overload,
- overstate,
- paint,
- parget,
- pervert,
- pigment,
- prime,
- sallow,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shellac,
- slant,
- slap on,
- slather,
- slop on paint,
- smear,
- smear on,
- spread on,
- spread with,
- stain,
- stipple,
- strain,
- sweeten,
- tar,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- titivate,
- tone,
- trick out,
- turn yellow,
- twist,
- undercoat,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- wash,
- whitewash,
- yellow