gilding

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Noun gilding has 1 sense

gilt, gilding - a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
--₁ is a kind of coating, coat

Derived form: verb gild₁

Verb gild has 1 sense

gild, begild, engild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
--₁ is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

Derived forms: noun gilder₁, noun gilding₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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