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verbɡɪldɡɪld [with object]Cover thinly with gold. in 1436 he gilded and painted statues for Bruges Town Hall figurative the first rays of the sun were gilding the grassy hillside Example sentencesExamples - They came to it rather quickly, the largest building in the village that was covered in jewels and gilded with gold.
- The objects were carefully arranged in groups in carved and gilded wooden cabinets.
- If ever a palace came close to encapsulating what they describe in the fairy tales, this would be it, all spires, towers, and gilded gates.
- The walls were light pink and the ceiling was gilded.
- While most were of a standard alloy of leaded bronze some were gilded or made in gold or silver.
- The sun rose gracefully, and gilded the glorious Welsh hillsides with soft light.
- The entrance is shaded by several painted and gilded roofs supported by marble columns.
- The porcelain handles, which curve to enclose florets, are gilded to imitate gilt bronze.
- The doors were ornately carved and gilded with glistening gold.
- After the castings were attached, the entire frame was gilded in antique gold.
- Elaborately carved woodwork and paneling called boiseries, often gilded or spiced with gold leaf, replaced solid wood trim.
- They crept out of the city under the oppressive darkness, and were on the slave roads once more by the time the sun burned through the dry clouds and gilded the plains.
- The hand-carved and gilded wooden models, which fill the room, give expression to extravagant architectural dreams that could never have been built.
- Most were gilded, although painted faux-marble frames are also found.
- There was a great white and gold fireplace and even a little gilded coffee table with a silver tea set sitting quaintly in the centre of the room.
- Gold and silver medals must be made of 92.5 percent pure silver; the gold medal must be gilded with at least six grams of gold.
- On a gray ground, molded and gilded leaf-and-flower motifs cover the nearly flat bottom of the body.
- Almost everything was gilded in gold, and the room seemed to sparkle.
- The photographs also record, albeit subtly, the wear that evidences the many people who have gathered together under these gilded ceilings.
- The sun lanced through the overcast veil of blizzard-clouds and snow-squalls and gilded the twin vessels in shining gold.
Synonyms cover with gold, paint gold, lacquer gold, inlay with gold
Phrases Try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent. Example sentencesExamples - I like his playing, and he is a fine musician, but sometimes it feels like he is gilding the lily in these performances.
- Yes, the producers gild the lily when they claim to be ‘now, for the first time’ revealing things about the five leaders being examined.
- But all of them simply gild the lily.
- It is not necessary to gild the lily by over ornate presentation.
- They believe they are right, and have never gilded the lily.
- But I'm not gilding the lily, I truly thought it was impossible, and I refused to address myself emotionally.
- I feel that commenting on this response would be gilding the lily.
- I will not gild the lily; I will say exactly what happened.
- If you want to gild the lily, scatter over grated cheddar cheese and return to oven until oozy and golden brown.
- ‘Today we were magnificent,’ said O'Neill. somewhat gilding the lily.
Derivatives nounˈɡɪldəˈɡɪldər The firm employed approximately one hundred specialized workers including gilders, carpenters, upholsterers, repairmen, and glaziers. Example sentencesExamples - Many artists were also gilders, frame makers, or sign and coach painters.
- Such results were deliberately expensive and labor intensive, requiring the most inventive designers, skilled carvers, expert gilders, and experienced glassmakers.
- In addition to apprenticeship and journeyman requirements, the regulations stipulated that all gilded work had to be stamped by the gilder.
- As any gilder will tell you, their success depends entirely on the carver's work.
Origin Old English gyldan, of Germanic origin; related to gold. Rhymes build, deskilled, guild, self-willed, sild, unfilled, unfulfilled, unskilled, untilled, upbuild noun archaic spelling of guild
verbɡildɡɪld [with object]1Cover thinly with gold. in 1436 he gilded and painted statues for Bruges Town Hall figurative the first rays of the sun were gilding the grassy hillside Example sentencesExamples - After the castings were attached, the entire frame was gilded in antique gold.
- If ever a palace came close to encapsulating what they describe in the fairy tales, this would be it, all spires, towers, and gilded gates.
- They came to it rather quickly, the largest building in the village that was covered in jewels and gilded with gold.
- On a gray ground, molded and gilded leaf-and-flower motifs cover the nearly flat bottom of the body.
- Elaborately carved woodwork and paneling called boiseries, often gilded or spiced with gold leaf, replaced solid wood trim.
- The entrance is shaded by several painted and gilded roofs supported by marble columns.
- Most were gilded, although painted faux-marble frames are also found.
- The hand-carved and gilded wooden models, which fill the room, give expression to extravagant architectural dreams that could never have been built.
- While most were of a standard alloy of leaded bronze some were gilded or made in gold or silver.
- The photographs also record, albeit subtly, the wear that evidences the many people who have gathered together under these gilded ceilings.
- Gold and silver medals must be made of 92.5 percent pure silver; the gold medal must be gilded with at least six grams of gold.
- The porcelain handles, which curve to enclose florets, are gilded to imitate gilt bronze.
- The sun lanced through the overcast veil of blizzard-clouds and snow-squalls and gilded the twin vessels in shining gold.
- The walls were light pink and the ceiling was gilded.
- They crept out of the city under the oppressive darkness, and were on the slave roads once more by the time the sun burned through the dry clouds and gilded the plains.
- The objects were carefully arranged in groups in carved and gilded wooden cabinets.
- The sun rose gracefully, and gilded the glorious Welsh hillsides with soft light.
- There was a great white and gold fireplace and even a little gilded coffee table with a silver tea set sitting quaintly in the centre of the room.
- The doors were ornately carved and gilded with glistening gold.
- Almost everything was gilded in gold, and the room seemed to sparkle.
Synonyms cover with gold, paint gold, lacquer gold, inlay with gold gold-covered, gold-painted, gold-lacquered, gold-inlaid - 1.1 Give a specious or false brilliance to.
they gild the facts until the truth all but vanishes
Phrases Try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent. Example sentencesExamples - Yes, the producers gild the lily when they claim to be ‘now, for the first time’ revealing things about the five leaders being examined.
- It is not necessary to gild the lily by over ornate presentation.
- If you want to gild the lily, scatter over grated cheddar cheese and return to oven until oozy and golden brown.
- They believe they are right, and have never gilded the lily.
- But all of them simply gild the lily.
- I like his playing, and he is a fine musician, but sometimes it feels like he is gilding the lily in these performances.
- I feel that commenting on this response would be gilding the lily.
- But I'm not gilding the lily, I truly thought it was impossible, and I refused to address myself emotionally.
- ‘Today we were magnificent,’ said O'Neill. somewhat gilding the lily.
- I will not gild the lily; I will say exactly what happened.
Origin Old English gyldan, of Germanic origin; related to gold. nounɡildɡɪld archaic spelling of guild
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