Gold-plate (Verb)
Meaning
Plate with gold; "goldplate a watch".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- To make the watch more valuables, the craftsman decided to gold-plate its casing with a thin layer of 24-karat gold.
- She carefully instructed the jeweler to gold-plate the locket to preserve the memories and make it last.
- A technique has been developed to gold-plate delicate parts of machines for use in a more corrosive environment.
- The company is looking for ways to gold-plate the intricate details on the prized collector's items without damaging them.
- In order to add an air of luxury to the ordinary-looking pen, they opted to gold-plate its nib.