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gold over

gold over verb: to cover with gold; to gild.

Verb

gold over (third-person singular simple present golds over, present participle golding over, simple past and past participle golded over)

  1. (transitive) To cover with gold; to gild.
    • “Are you goin' to have the letters golded over? " "Yes, cut deep and golded over.”1896 August 8, Annie Eliot, “With a Difference”, in New Outlook, volume 54, page 252
    • 'Fore we left Chicago, I and some of the fellas went out and bought a pair of them little baby shoes, which we had 'em golded over and give 'em to Magrew for a souvenir, and he took it all in good spirit.1969, Veronica Geng, In a Fit of Laughter: An Anthology of Modern Humor, page 292

Forms of gold over

third-person singular presentgolds over
present participlegolding over
past participlegolded over
pastgolded over

Questions about gold over

What does gold over mean?
Gold over means to cover with gold; to gild.
What part of speech is gold over?
Gold over is a verb.
What is the past tense of gold over?
The past tense of gold over is golded over.

Words near gold over in the dictionary

  1. gold of Bruges
  2. gold of Genoa
  3. gold of pleasure
  4. gold of Venice
  5. gold open access
  6. gold over
  7. gold pan
  8. gold panner
  9. gold panners
  10. gold panning
  11. gold pannings

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