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English Idioms :: gold
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gold - See: HEART OF GOLD. |
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Traditional English :: gold
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gold - n. & adj. --n. 1 a yellow malleable ductile high density metallic element resistant to chemical reaction, occurring naturally in quartz veins and gravel, and precious as a monetary medium, in jewellery, etc. Symb.: Au.
2 the colour of gold.
3 a coins or articles made of gold. b money in large sums, wealth.
4 something precious, beautiful, or brilliant (all that glitters is not gold).
5 = gold medal.
6 gold used for coating a surface or as a pigment, gilding.
7 the bull's-eye of an archery target (usu. gilt). --adj. 1 made wholly or chiefly of gold.
2 coloured like gold. age of gold = golden age. gold amalgam an easily-moulded combination of gold with mercury. gold-beater a person who beats gold out into gold leaf. gold-beater's skin a membrane used to separate leaves of gold during beating, or as a covering for slight wounds. gold bloc a bloc of countries having a gold standard. gold brick sl.
1 a thing with only a surface appearance of value, a sham or fraud.
2 US a lazy person. gold-digger 1 sl. a woman who wheedles money out of men.
2 a person who digs for gold. gold-dust 1 gold in fine particles as often found naturally.
2 a plant, Alyssum saxatile, with many small yellow flowers. gold-field a district in which gold is found as a mineral. gold foil gold beaten into a thin sheet. gold leaf gold beaten into a very thin sheet. gold medal a medal of gold, usu. awarded as first prize. gold-mine 1 a place where gold is mined.
2 colloq. a source of wealth. gold of pleasure an annual yellow-flowered plant, Camelina sativa. gold plate 1 vessels made of gold.
2 material plated with gold. gold-plate v.tr. plate with gold. gold reserve a reserve of gold coins or bullion held by a central bank etc. gold-rush a rush to a newly-discovered gold-field. gold standard a system by which the value of a currency is defined in terms of gold, for which the currency may be exchanged. Gold Stick 1 (in the UK) a gilt rod carried on State occasions by the colonel of the Life Guards or the captain of the gentlemen-at-arms.
2 the officer carrying this rod. gold thread 1 a thread of silk etc. with gold wire wound round it.
2 a bitter plant, Coptis tinfolia. [OE f. Gmc] |
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Most Often Usage
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gold toe sock
gold coast accommodation
gold coast australia
australian gold
man gold bracelet
gold bracelet
gold bullion
gold canyon candle
white gold chain
gold chain
gold charm
pokemon gold cheat
gold coast real estate
gold coast real estate school
gold coast
gold coast hotel
gold coast school
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