gilt
/ɡɪɫt/ · verb
Meaning
- To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- To adorn.
- To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
- To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- To make appear drunk.
- Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
- Money.
- A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
- A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
- Golden coloured.
- A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
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