Gild vs. Gold

Gildverb

(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.

Goldnoun

(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.

Gildverb

(transitive) To adorn.

Goldnoun

A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.

Gildverb

To decorate with a golden surface appearance.

Goldnoun

(countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

Gildverb

(transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.

Goldnoun

(countable) The bullseye of an archery target.

Gildverb

(transitive) To make appear drunk.

Goldnoun

(countable) A gold medal.

‘France has won three golds and five silvers.’;

Gildverb

To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

‘No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.’;

Goldnoun

(figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.

Gildverb

To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

‘Let oft good humor, mild and gay,Gild the calm evening of your day.’;

Goldnoun

A grill jewellery worn on front teeth made of gold.

Gildverb

To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.

Goldnoun

Miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre.

Gildverb

To make red with drinking.

‘This grand liquior that hath gilded them.’;

Goldadjective

Made of gold.

Gildnoun

a formal association of people with similar interests;

‘he joined a golf club’; ‘they formed a small lunch society’; ‘men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today’;

Goldadjective

Having the colour of gold.

Gildverb

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

Goldadjective

(of commercial services) Premium, superior.

Goldadjective

In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

Goldverb

To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning

Goldadverb

of or referring to a gold version of something

Goldnoun

An old English name of some yellow flower, - the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

Goldnoun

A metallic element of atomic number 79, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat (melting point 1064.4° C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.97.

Goldnoun

Money; riches; wealth.

‘For me, the gold of France did not seduce.’;

Goldnoun

A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

Goldnoun

Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.

Goldnoun

coins made of gold

Goldnoun

a deep yellow color;

‘an amber light illuminated the room’; ‘he admired the gold of her hair’;

Goldnoun

a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

Goldnoun

great wealth;

‘Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold’;

Goldnoun

something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.;

‘the child was as good as gold’; ‘she has a heart of gold’;

Goldadjective

made from or covered with gold;

‘gold coins’; ‘the gold dome of the Capitol’; ‘the golden calf’; ‘gilded icons’;

Goldadjective

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold;

‘long aureate (or golden) hair’; ‘a gold carpet’;

Goldnoun

a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies.

‘gold earrings’;

Goldnoun

an alloy of gold

‘9-carat gold’;

Goldnoun

a deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown colour

‘her eyes were light green and flecked with gold’;

Goldnoun

coins or other articles made of gold

‘her ankles and wrists were glinting with gold’;

Goldnoun

money in large sums; wealth

‘he proved to be a rabid seeker for gold and power’;

Goldnoun

something considered to be precious, beautiful, or of the most superior quality

‘they scout continents in search of the new green gold’;

Goldnoun

short for gold medal

‘she claimed she was robbed of a gold’;

Goldnoun

the bullseye of an archery target.

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. In a pure form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.