Definition of gild

"gild" in the noun sense

1. club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order

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"

"gild" in the verb sense

1. gild, begild, engild

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

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Quotations for gild

The champion true
Loves victory more when, dim in view,
He sees her glories gild afar
The dusky edge of stubborn war,
Than if th' untrodden bloodless field
The harvest of her laurels yield. [ Keble ]

The heart must glow before the tongue can gild. [ W. R. Alger ]

No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears,
No gem that, twinkling, hangs from beauty's ears,
Not the bright stars which night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn.
Shine with such lustre as the tear that breaks
For other's woe, down virtue's manly cheeks. [ Darwin ]

Gold can gild a rotten stick, and dirt sully an ingot. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Even every ray of hope destroyed and not a wish to gild the gloom. [ Burns ]

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, is wasteful and ridiculous excess. [ William Shakespeare ]

For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it' with the happiest terms I have. [ William Shakespeare ]

We gild our medicines with sweets; why not clothe truth and morals in pleasant garments as well? [ Chamfort ]

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice, or add another hue unto the rainbow, or with taper-light to seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, is wasteful and ridiculous excess. [ William Shakespeare ]

gild in Scrabble®

The word gild is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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gild in Words With Friends™

The word gild is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters gild:

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Words within the letters of gild

2 letter words in gild (1 word)

3 letter words in gild (2 words)

4 letter words in gild (1 word)

gild + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence gild

Words that start with gild (6 words)

Words that end with gild (3 words)

Word Growth involving gild

Shorter words in gild

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Longer words containing gild

gilded overgilded

gilded regilded

gilder gilders

gilding overgilding

gilding regilding

gilds overgilds

gilds regilds

overgild overgilded

overgild overgilding

overgild overgilds

regild regilded

regild regilding

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