gild
gild
- n a formal association of people with similar interests
- v decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
- But given the energy mess we're in, I can now gild my personal preference with a patina of high-mindedness: air-conditioning is bad for the planet, and for national security, and .
- In Athens, Korzeniowski, the best racewalker of all time, will seek to gild his greatness with one last gold.
- The reason anyone would consider going easy on Gilbert is that we can put ourselves in his shoes, can sit at his wife's bedside day after day, watching the Florida sun gild the .