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paint the lily

 
Verb paint the lily has 2 senses
  1. gild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
    --1 is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. gild the lily, paint the lily - make unnecessary additions to what is already complete
    --2 is one way to add
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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