English words containing gild:

Meanings of Angild:

noun

Payment in compensation for loss, damage, or injury, especially when based on a calculated value assigned to a person or thing. also (in historical use): the value assigned to a person or thing, to which such payment corresponds.

Meanings of Gilded:

adjective

Covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint.

Usage examples:

An elegant gilded birdcage

verb

Cover thinly with gold.

Usage examples:

In 1436 he gilded and painted statues for bruges town hall

Meanings of Gilding:

noun

The process of applying gold leaf or gold paint.

Usage examples:

Gold leaf used in gilding is made in much the same way.

verb

Cover thinly with gold.

Usage examples:

In 1436 he gilded and painted statues for bruges town hall

Meanings of Overgilding:

verb

To gild over, cover with gilding; to embroider all over with gold thread. also figurative and in extended use. chiefly in past participle.

Meanings of Overgilds:

verb

To gild over, cover with gilding; to embroider all over with gold thread. also figurative and in extended use. chiefly in past participle.

Meanings of Regilded:

verb

Gild (something) again.

Usage examples:

He regilded picture frames

Meanings of Regilding:

verb

Gild (something) again.

Usage examples:

He regilded picture frames