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# gilding

«gilding» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thin layer of gold, or of a gold-coloured paint, put on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gilding, no plural); also the verb gild, gilds, gilded, gilding

### meaning for a pupil

Gilding is a thin layer of gold, or of a gold-coloured paint, put on the surface of something to make it shine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilding/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a shiny gilding on a crown or a picture frame shows that it is precious, but it can wear off

### examples

- The gilding on the frame had faded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilding/#x1)
- Under the gilding, the box was only wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilding/#x2)
- The king's chair had a bright gilding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilding/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gilding» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilding/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.