gild (n.)

  1. a formal association of people with similar interests; he joined a golf club; they formed a small lunch society; men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

    [ Syn: club , social club , society , guild , lodge , order ]

    gild (v.)

  1. decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

    [ Syn: begild , engild ]

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