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GOLD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deep yellow color
Example:
he admired the gold of her hair
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("gold" is a kind of...):
yellow; yellowness (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
Derivation:
gold (having the deep slightly brownish color of gold)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
Example:
she has a heart of gold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("gold" is a kind of...):
invaluableness; preciousness; pricelessness; valuableness (the positive quality of being precious and beyond value)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Great wealth
Example:
Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("gold" is a kind of...):
riches; wealth (an abundance of material possessions and resources)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Coins made of gold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("gold" is a kind of...):
precious metal (any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry)
Meronyms (substance of "gold"):
atomic number 79; Au; gold (a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia)
Derivation:
gold (made from or covered with gold)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
Synonyms:
atomic number 79; Au; gold
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gold" is a kind of...):
noble metal (any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gold"):
24-karat gold; pure gold (100 per cent gold)
gold dust (the particles and flakes (and sometimes small nuggets) of gold obtained in placer mining)
green gold (a gold alloy (at least 14 karat gold with silver or silver and cadmium) that has a green appearance)
guinea gold (22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made)
Holonyms ("gold" is a substance of...):
gold foil (foil made of gold)
gold leaf (a very thin form of gold foil)
gold (coins made of gold)
dental gold (an alloy of gold used in dentistry)
graphic tellurium; sylvanite (a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America)
Derivation:
gold (made from or covered with gold)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
Example:
a gold carpet
Synonyms:
aureate; gilded; gilt; gold; golden
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Derivation:
gold (a deep yellow color)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Made from or covered with gold
Example:
gilded icons
Synonyms:
gilded; gold; golden
Classified under:
Similar:
metal; metallic (containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal)
Derivation:
gold (coins made of gold)
gold (a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia)
Context examples:
In the study it was shown that healthy volunteers exposed to gold nanoparticles retained them in the body for as long as three months.
(Nanoparticles raise vascular risk by escaping the lungs, SciDev.Net)
On the table lay two banknotes for ten pounds each and seventeen pounds ten in silver and gold, the money arranged in little piles of varying amount.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His wicked lust for gold kindled at the news, and he bent her to his will.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I then showed him the gold given me by the emperor of Blefuscu, together with his majesty’s picture at full length, and some other rarities of that country.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
It meant more gold in the money sack.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But it was not its size that now impressed my companions; it was the knowledge that seven hundred thousand pounds in gold lay somewhere buried below its spreading shadow.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
'You look for gold?' I ask. She laugh.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
For two standout evenings, put a gold star on the weekend of March 7-8 and on March 27.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Remember that only English notes, or gold, will be taken.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
