GILD (gilt)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: gilt   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gild mean? 

• GILD (noun)
  The noun GILD has 1 sense:

1. a formal association of people with similar interests

  Familiarity information: GILD used as a noun is very rare.

• GILD (verb)
  The verb GILD has 1 sense:

1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

  Familiarity information: GILD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GILD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal association of people with similar interests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

club; gild; guild; lodge; order; social club; society

Context example:

men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

Hypernyms ("gild" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

Meronyms (members of "gild"):

club member (someone who is a member of a club)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gild"):

investors club (a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly)

service club (a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services)

boat club; yacht club (club that promotes and supports yachting and boating)

turnverein (a club of tumblers or gymnasts)

sorority (a social club for female undergraduates)

slate club (a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas))

rowing club (a club for rowers)

racket club (club for players of racket sports)

jockey club (a club to promote and regulate horse racing)

athenaeum; atheneum (a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning)

hunt; hunt club (an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport)

golf club (a club of people to play golf)

glee club (a club organized to sing together)

frat; fraternity (a social club for male undergraduates)

country club (a suburban club for recreation and socializing)

chess club (a club of people to play chess)

chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)

bookclub (a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices)

• GILD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they gild    ... he / she / it gilds   
Past simple: gilded   
Past participle: gilded   
-ing form: gilding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

begild; engild; gild

Hypernyms (to "gild" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gilder (someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt)

gilding (a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold)

 Context examples 

He drew it quickly out again, but saw that it was quite gilded, and whatsoever pains he took to wash the gold off again, all was to no purpose.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

And dropping a small, gilded bottle at the witch's feet, the spirit vanished.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I might as well 'gild refined gold.'

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Varnish and gilding hide many stains.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Very fine and rich it was, with beams painted and gilt, wheels and spokes carved in strange figures, and over all an arched cover of red and white tapestry.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I stared hard myself at her flat, grizzled hair, her trim cap, her little gilt earrings, her placid features; but I could see nothing which could account for my companion’s evident excitement.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Three gilt balls and a brown board with “JABEZ WILSON” in white letters, upon a corner house, announced the place where our red-headed client carried on his business.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He could carve a bit, and gild and frame, and do odd jobs.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The bulkheads, all painted in clear white and beaded round with gilt, bore a pattern of dirty hands.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Gold and scarlet in arabesque designs gleamed upon the walls, with gilt dragons and monsters writhing along cornices and out of corners.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)