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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gild \Gild\, 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.
  
              No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. --Pope.
  
     2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
  
              Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm
              evening of your day.                  --Trumbull.
  
     3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to
        embellish; as, to gild a lie. --Shak.
  
     4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.]
  
              This grand liquior that hath gilded them. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  gilded
       adj 1: having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long
              aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" [syn: aureate,
               gilt, gold, golden]
       2: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
          perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious
          praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: meretricious, specious]
       3: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
          dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, luxurious, opulent, princely,
           sumptuous]
       4: made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome
          of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons" [syn: gold,
           golden]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gilded
     Αγγλικά a.
     επιχρυσωμένος,  επίχρυσος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gilded
     a.
     1 Having the color or quality of gold.
     2 Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
     3 Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
     vb.
     (infl of en gild  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  gilded
     a.
     1 Having the color or quality of gold.
     2 Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
     3 Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
     vb.
     (infl of en gild  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  gilded
     a.
     1 Having the color or quality of gold.
     2 Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
     3 Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
     vb.
     (infl of en gild  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  gilded
     a.
     1 Having the color or quality of gold.
     2 Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
     3 Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
     vb.
     (infl of en gild  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gilded
     Englanti a.
     kullattu
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-imperf-pperf en gild)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/
  مذهّب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  gilded //ˈɡɪldɪd// 
  1. злати́ст
  having the color or quality of gold
  2. зла́тен, позлате́н
  made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/ 
  zlacený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/ 
  pozlatil

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/ 
  pozlacený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gild /ɡˈɪld/ (gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/ <>, gilt /ɡˈɪlt/ <>, gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/ <>, gilt /ɡˈɪlt/ <>) 
  vergolden 
        "gild the lily"  - des Guten zu viel tun
     Synonyms: gold-plate, paint gold
  
   see: gilding, gilded, gilt, gilds, gilded, gilt
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/
  vergoldet
     Synonym: gilt
  
   see: gild, gold-plate, paint gold, gilding, gilds, gilded, gilt
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/
  vergoldete
     Synonym: gilt
  
   see: gild, gold-plate, paint gold, gilding, gilded, gilt, gilds
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gilded //ˈɡɪldɪd// 
  1. kullanvärinen
  having the color or quality of gold
  2. kullattu
  made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/ 
  1. उच्च~वर्ग
        "There is wide gap between the low and gilded in our society."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  gilded /ɡˈɪldɪd/
  1. díszes
  2. aranyozott

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  gilded //ˈɡɪldɪd// 
  金色
  having the color or quality of gold

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  gilded //ˈɡɪldɪd// 
  gyllene
  having the color or quality of gold

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡɪɫdɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "gilded":
     apparent, aureate, auric, beige, buff, buff-yellow, canary,
     canary-yellow, citron, citron-yellow, colorable, colored, cream,
     creamy, ecru, fallow, flaxen, gilt, gold, gold-colored, golden,
     lemon, lemon-yellow, luteolous, lutescent, meretricious, ocherish,
     ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, or,
     ostensible, plausible, primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow,
     saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored,
     sandy, seeming, specious, straw, straw-colored, tinsel, xanthic,
     xanthous, yellow, yellowish
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  adj.镀金的,富有的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 镀金的,有钱的,装饰的

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