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Gold

//ɡəʊld// adj, adv, name, noun, symbol, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Made of gold. not-comparable, usually
"a gold chain"
2
In a finished state, ready for manufacturing. not-comparable
"The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004."
3
Having the colour of gold. not-comparable, usually
"gold sticker"
4
Premium, superior. not-comparable, usually
5
Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies. not-comparable, usually
"The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle"."

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Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period. not-comparable, usually
"Coordinate term: green"

Adjective

1
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold wordnet
2
made from or covered with gold wordnet

Adverb

1
of or referring to a gold version of something not-comparable

Proper Noun

1
An English surname originating as an occupation for a goldsmith or a rich man.

Noun

1
A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au. uncountable
"You like to hear about gold. A king filled his prison room As full as the room could hold To the top of his reach on the wall With every known shape of the stuff. ’Twas to buy himself off his doom."
2
A member of the Goldi or Nanai people.
3
a deep yellow color wordnet
4
A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so. countable, uncountable
"The pirates were searching for gold."
5
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. wordnet

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A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold. uncountable
7
great wealth wordnet
8
The bullseye of an archery target. countable
"Daniel hit the gold to win the contest."
9
coins made of gold wordnet
10
A gold medal. countable
"France has won three golds and five silvers."
11
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 wordnet
12
Anything or anyone that is very valuable. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!"
13
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold. countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable

Symbol

1
☉ (alchemy)

Verb

1
To appear or cause to appear golden.
"I caught sight of something that seemed the nexus of all that glittered, all that golded: like a hallucination in the traffic's rotary heart, a saried creature giddily swirling her own razored rainbow roundabout, mirrored fabric sending light spinning like saberlike amidst the smoking, choking cars."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to yellow; see there for more. Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages include Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

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Etymology 5

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

Etymology 6

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

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