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GILDING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

Synonyms:

gilding; gilt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gilding" is a kind of...):

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

Derivation:

gild (decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb gild

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