Past tense of gild
regular verb
The past tense of gild is gilded or gilt. The past participle is also gilded or gilt.
Forms of gild
| Base form (V1) | gild /ɡɪld/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | gilded /ˈɡɪldɪd/ gilt /ɡɪlt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | gilded /ˈɡɪldɪd/ gilt /ɡɪlt/ |
| Present participle | gilding /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | gilds /ɡɪldz/ |
Gilded and gilt in a sentence
- Next, Francis declined to move into the gilded papal apartment vacated by his predecessor.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian. From the entry hostel
- The amsar may have been golden, but they were gilded garrisons.2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 205. From the entry misr
- In Higashi Chaya-gai, several shops sell gilded items, ranging from jewelry to cosmetics to postcards.2016 February 14, Mark Jenkins, “Take the bullet train to historic Kanazawa”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXIV, number 316, page G6. From the entry green-tea cake
- In Trump's gilded world of shiny surfaces, few dwell on what lies beneath.2011 April 14, Michael Scherer, “Trump's Political Reality Show: Will the Donald Really Run for President?”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time…. From the entry The Donald
- This is the quintessential novel of Oxford gilded youth flying too close to the sun.2010 September 24, Val McDermid, “Val McDermid's top 10 Oxford novels”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021. From the entry fly too close to the sun
Meaning of gild
- verb To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- verb To adorn.
- verb To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
Questions about the past tense of gild
- What is the past tense of gild?
- The past tense of gild is gilded or gilt.
- What is the past participle of gild?
- The past participle of gild is gilded or gilt.
- Is gild a regular or irregular verb?
- Gild is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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