[VN] (literary) to make sth look bright, as if covered with gold:
The golden light gilded the sea.
IDIOMS
gild the lily to spoil sth that is already good or beautiful by trying to improve it:
Some people add a little brandy to the recipe but I feel this is gilding the lily.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is gild a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, gild is tagged as verb.
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