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1 gild
[ɡild](to cover with gilt: We could gild the frame of that picture.) dourar* * *[gild] n = link=guild guild. • vt dourar, tornar vistoso ou atraente, disfarçar. to gild a pill dourar a pílula, tornar aceitável uma coisa desagradável. to gild the lily enfeitar em excesso e desnecessariamente. -
2 gild
[ɡild](to cover with gilt: We could gild the frame of that picture.) dourar -
3 gild
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4 to gild a pill
to gild a pilldourar a pílula, tornar aceitável uma coisa desagradável. -
5 to gild the lily
to gild the lilyenfeitar em excesso e desnecessariamente. -
6 to sugar/sweeten/gild the pill
to sugar/sweeten/gild the pilldourar a pílula.English-Portuguese dictionary > to sugar/sweeten/gild the pill
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7 gilded
gild.ed[g'ildid] adj dourado. fig afortunado e rico. -
8 gilder
gild.er[g'ildə] n dourador. -
9 gilding
gild.ing[g'ildiŋ] n douração, douradura, decoração, enfeite. -
10 wergild
wer.gild[w'ə:gild] n Hist, Jur = link=wergeld wergeld. -
11 guild
[gild] n corporação, associação. -
12 pill
[pil](a small ball or tablet of medicine, to be swallowed: She took a pill; sleeping-pills.) pílula* * *[pil] n 1 pílula. 2 fig coisa desagradável. 3 sl bola de beisebol ou golfe. 4 sl importuno, pessoa enfadonha. • vt+vi 1 prescrever pílulas. 2 dar formato de pílulas a. 3 sl votar contra, rejeitar. a bitter pill to swallow um osso duro de roer, coisa desagradável que se tem de aceitar. morning-after pill pílula do dia seguinte. to be/ go on the pill tomar pílula anticoncepcional. to sugar/ sweeten/ gild the pill dourar a pílula. -
13 regild
re.gild[ri:g'ild] vt dourar novamente.
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gild Hall - A Thompson Hotel — (Нью Йорк,США) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: 15 Gold Street, Финансо … Каталог отелей
gild — [gıld] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: gyldan] 1.) to cover something with a thin layer of gold or with something that looks like gold ▪ a gilded frame 2.) literary to make something look as if it is covered in gold ▪ The autumn sun gilded the lake … Dictionary of contemporary English
gild — (v.) O.E. gyldan to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold, from P.Gmc. *gulthianan (Cf. O.N. gylla to gild, O.H.G. ubergulden to cover with gold ), from *gulthan gold (see GOLD (Cf. gold)). Related: GILDED (Cf. Gilded); … Etymology dictionary
gild\ the\ lily — • gild the lily • paint the lily v. phr. To add unnecessarily to something already beautiful or good enough. To talk about a beautiful sunset is to gild the lily. For the beautiful girl to use makeup would be to gild the lily. Frank s father is a … Словарь американских идиом
gild — ► VERB 1) cover thinly with gold. 2) (gilded) wealthy and privileged: gilded youth. ● gild the lily Cf. ↑gild the lily DERIVATIVES gilder noun gilding … English terms dictionary
gild — gild1 [gild] vt. gilded or gilt, gilding [ME gilden < OE gyldan < Gmc * gulthjan < * gultha (> Goth gulth, GOLD) + * jan, caus. suffix] 1. a) to overlay with a thin layer of gold b) to coat with a gold color … English World dictionary
gild — [ gıld ] verb transitive 1. ) to cover a surface with a very thin layer of gold 2. ) LITERARY if light gilds something, it makes it look golden … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gild the lily — If you gild the lily, you decorate something that is already ornate … The small dictionary of idiomes
gild the lily — ► gild the lily try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent. [ORIGIN: misquotation of a line from Shakespeare s King John VI. ii.] Main Entry: ↑gild … English terms dictionary
gild the pill — To make a disagreeable thing seem less so • • • Main Entry: ↑gild … Useful english dictionary