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paint the lily
Overview of verb paint-the-lily
The verb paint the lily has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. gild the lily, paint the lily -- (adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful))
2. gild the lily, paint the lily -- (make unnecessary additions to what is already complete)
Antonyms of verb paint-the-lily
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb paint-the-lily
2 senses of paint the lily
Sense 1
gild the lily, paint the lily
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
gild the lily, paint the lily
=> add
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb paint-the-lily
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb paint-the-lily
2 senses of paint the lily
Sense 1
gild the lily, paint the lily
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Sense 2
gild the lily, paint the lily
=> add
'Cause To' of verb paint-the-lily
Derived Forms of verb paint-the-lily
Domain of verb paint-the-lily
Domain Terms of verb paint-the-lily
Familiarity of verb paint-the-lily
paint the lily used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb paint-the-lily
2 senses of paint the lily
Sense 1
gild the lily, paint the lily
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
gild the lily, paint the lily
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb paint-the-lily
2 senses of paint the lily
Sense 1
gild the lily, paint the lily
> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> wreathe
=> encrust, incrust, beset
=> braid
=> embroider, broider
=> stick
=> illustrate
=> garland
=> fledge, flight
=> spangle, bespangle
=> foliate
=> flag
=> caparison, bard, barde, dress up
=> bead
=> pipe
=> applique
=> gild the lily, paint the lily
=> vermiculate
=> smock
=> hang
=> prank
=> tinsel
=> tart up
=> stucco
=> redecorate
=> panel
=> bejewel, jewel
=> fillet, filet
=> scallop
=> bedizen
=> dress ship
=> trim, garnish, dress
=> trim
=> deck, bedight, bedeck
=> festoon
=> enamel
=> inlay
=> lacquer
=> gild, begild, engild
=> illuminate
=> emblazon, blazon
=> color, colour, emblazon
=> fringe
=> fret
=> landscape
Sense 2
gild the lily, paint the lily
> add
=> modify, qualify
=> gild the lily, paint the lily
=> adjoin
=> work in
=> add on
=> include
=> mix, mix in
=> put on
=> butylate
=> put on
=> inject
=> welt
=> intercalate
=> punctuate, mark
=> concatenate
=> string, string up
=> compound, combine
=> milk
=> fortify
=> stud
=> button
=> enrich
=> supplement
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb paint-the-lily
Sense 1
gild the lily, paint the lily
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
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Sense 2
gild the lily, paint the lily
=> add
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