Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To apply gold plate to an object, to plate with gold.

    plate with gold

  2. (figuratively, transitive)Of a project, to incorporate costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily, to overengineer.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)Of a law, regulation, etc., to embellish, to extend beyond its intended scope, especially so as to become stifling, or rigid and inflexible.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. My watch is gold-plated.

    ruМои часы позолоченные. — sharptoothed

    deMeine Uhr ist vergoldet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. That elegant gold plated chain with hearts is a necklace that will "rock your world".

    neron · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

gold plates, gold plating, gold plated, gold plated
Base formgold plate · to gold plate
3rd person singulargold plates
Present participlegold plating
Past simplegold plated
Past participlegold plated

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygold plate
he, she, itgold plates

Past simpleLesson

all personsgold plated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gold plated
he, she, ithas gold plated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gold plate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
goldA2goldenA2goldfinch
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