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# gilt

«gilt» in Mova's school dictionary: **covered with a thin layer of gold or gold colour** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (gilt); noun (gilt, no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Gilt means covered with a thin layer of gold or gold colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilt/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, gilt things such as shoes, halters and frames show riches or fine dress

### examples

- She wore gilt shoes to the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilt/#x1)
- The gilt frame hung on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilt/#x2)
- The horse had a silver-gilt bridle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gilt/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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