simple past tense and past participle of gild

Having the color or quality of gold. / Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold. / Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.

present participle of gild

(uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface. / (uncountable) Gold leaf. / (countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.

(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. / (transitive) To adorn. / (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.

Obsolete spelling of guild

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gild

plural of gilding

(figuratively) A place (or, by extension, situation) which is superficially attractive but nevertheless constraining; a comfortable but confined situation.

plural of gilded cage