Definitions for GOLD
goʊldgold

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 4 votes

1. goldnoun

   coins made of gold

2. amber, goldnoun

   a deep yellow color

   "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"

3. gold, Au, atomic number 79noun

   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

4. goldnoun

   great wealth

   "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson

5. goldadjective

   something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.

   "the child was as good as gold"; "she has a heart of gold"

6. gold, golden, gildedadjective

   made from or covered with gold

   "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"

7. aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, goldenadjective

   having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

   "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 12 votes

1. goldnoun

   A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.

2. goldnoun

   A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.

3. goldnoun

   The bullseye of an archery target.

4. goldnoun

   A gold medal.

   France has won three golds and five silvers.

5. goldnoun

   Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.

6. goldverb

   To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning

7. goldadjective

   Made of gold.

8. goldadjective

   Having the colour of gold.

9. goldadjective

   Premium, superior.

10. Etymology: From gulþan, from ǵʰĺ̥tom. Cognate with Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old High German gold (German Gold), Old Norse goll, gull (Swedish guld), Dutch goud, Gothic. The Indo-European root is also the source of zolto (Old Church Slavonic, Russian), želt- (Lithuanian želtas, Latvian želts).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GOLDnoun

   Etymology: gold , Saxon; golud, riches, Welsh. It is called gold in our English tongue either of geel, as Joseph Justus Scaliger says, which is in Dutch to shine; or of another Dutch word, which is gelten, and signifies in Latin valere, in English to be of price or value: hence cometh their ordinary word gelt, for money. Henry Peacham on Drawing.

   1.Gold is the heaviest, the most dense, the most simple, the most ductile, and most fixed of all bodies; not to be injured either by air or fire, and seeming incorruptible. It is soluble by means of sea-salt; but is injured by no other salt, and is most easily of all metals amalgamated with silver. Gold is frequently found native, and very rarely in a state of ore. It never constitutes a peculiar ore, but is found most frequently among ore of silver. Native gold is seldom found pure, but has almost constantly silver with it, and very frequently copper. Gold dust, or native gold, in small masses, is mixed among the sand of rivers in many parts of the world. It is found, in the greatest abundance, bedded in masses of hard stone, often at the depth of a hundred and fifty fathoms in the mines of Peru. Pure gold is so fixed, that Herman Boerhaave informs us of an ounce of it set in the eye of a glass furnace for two months, without losing a single grain. John Hill on Fossils.

   Gold hath these natures: greatness of weight, closeness of parts, fixation, pliantness or softness, immunity from rust, and the colour or tincture of yellow. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   Ah! Buckingham, now do I ply the touch,
   To try if thou be current gold indeed. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   We commonly take shape and colour for so presumptive ideas of several species, that, in a good picture, we readily say this is gold, and that a silver goblet, only by the different figures and colours represented to the eye by the pencil. John Locke.

   The gold fraught vessel, which mad tempests beat,
   He sees now vainly make to his retreat. John Dryden, Tyran. Love.

   2. Money.

   For me, the gold of France did not seduce,
   Although I did admit it as a motive
   The sooner to effect what I intended. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Thou, that so stoutly hast resisted me,
   Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;
   For I have bought it with an hundred blows. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   If I want gold, steal but a beggar’s dog,
   And give it Timon, why, the dog coins gold. William Shakespeare.

   3. It is used for any thing pleasing or valuable. So among the ancients χϱυσῆ ἀφϱοδίτη; and animamq; moresque aureos educit in astra. Quintus Horatius Flaccus.

   The king’s a bawcock, and a heart of gold,
   A lad of life, an imp of fame. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gold

   Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in a pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental (native state), as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum), naturally alloyed with other metals like copper and palladium, and mineral inclusions such as within pyrite. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides). Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), forming a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gold is insoluble in nitric acid alone, which dissolves silver and base metals, a property long used to refine gold and confirm the presence of gold in metallic substances, giving rise to the term 'acid test'. Gold dissolves in alkaline solutions of cyanide, which are used in mining and electroplating. Gold also dissolves in mercury, forming amalgam alloys, and as the gold acts simply as a solute, this is not a chemical reaction. A relatively rare element, gold is a precious metal that has been used for coinage, jewelry, and other arts throughout recorded history. In the past, a gold standard was often implemented as a monetary policy. Gold coins ceased to be minted as a circulating currency in the 1930s, and the world gold standard was abandoned for a fiat currency system after the Nixon shock measures of 1971. In 2020, the world's largest gold producer was China, followed by Russia and Australia. A total of around 201,296 tonnes of gold exists above ground, as of 2020. This is equal to a cube with each side measuring roughly 21.7 meters (71 ft). The world consumption of new gold produced is about 50% in jewelry, 40% in investments and 10% in industry. Gold's high malleability, ductility, resistance to corrosion and most other chemical reactions, and conductivity of electricity have led to its continued use in corrosion-resistant electrical connectors in all types of computerized devices (its chief industrial use). Gold is also used in infrared shielding, production of colored glass, gold leafing, and tooth restoration. Certain gold salts are still used as anti-inflammatories in medicine.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gold

   Gold is a chemical element represented by the symbol Au (from Latin: aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. It usually found in nature in pure form, as nuggets or grains, in rocks, in veins and in alluvial deposits. Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia, a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid. This metal is used in jewelry, electronics, and for monetary exchange in the form of gold bars or coins.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Goldnoun

   alt. of Goolde

2. Goldverb

   a metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7

3. Goldverb

   money; riches; wealth

4. Goldverb

   a yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold

5. Goldverb

   figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold

6. Etymology: [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul, Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. 49, 234. See Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gold

   Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of yellow-brown color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold. The web color gold is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold". The first recorded use of golden as a color name in English was in 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to blond hair. Metallic gold, such as in paint, is often called goldtone or gold-tone. In model building, the color gold is different from brass. A shiny or metallic silvertone object can be painted with transparent yellow to obtain goldtone, something often done with Christmas decorations.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Gold

   gōld, n. one of the precious metals much used for coin: money: riches: anything very precious: yellow, gold colour.—adj. made of or like gold.—ns. Gold′-beat′er, one whose trade is to beat gold into gold-leaf; Gold′-beat′ers′-skin, the outer coat of the cæcum of the ox; Gold′-beat′ing.—adj. Gold′-bound (Shak.), encompassed with gold.—ns. Gold′-cloth, cloth woven with threads of gold; Gold′-crest, a golden-crested bird of genus Regulus; Gold′-dig′ger, one who digs for or mines gold, esp. a placer-miner; Gold′-dust, gold in dust or very fine particles, as it is sometimes found in rivers.—adj. Gold′en, made of gold: of the colour of gold: bright: most valuable: happy: highly favourable.—v.t. to become golden.—ns. Gold′en-age, an early period in history, a time of innocence and happiness; Gold′en-eye, a species of oceanic ducks which breed in the Arctic regions, and are winter visitants of Britain.—adj. Gold′en-hilt′ed (Tenn.), having a hilt made of, or mounted with, gold.—adv. Gold′enly (Tenn.), splendidly, delightfully.—ns. Gold′en-rod, any herb of the genus Solidago, of the aster family; Gold′-fē′ver, a mania for seeking gold; Gold′-field, a region where gold is found; Gold′finch, the most beautiful of English finches, with very handsome plumage, in which black, crimson-red, yellow, and white are, in the adult male, exquisitely mingled; Gold′fish, a Chinese and Japanese fresh-water fish, nearly allied to the carp—in its native waters it is brownish, but when domesticated becomes golden-yellow; Gold′-foil, gold beaten into thin sheets, used by dentists; Gold′ilocks, Gold′ylocks, a common name for Ranunculus (q.v.); Gold′-lace, lace made of gold-thread; Gold′-leaf, gold beaten extremely thin, or into leaves; Gold′-lil′y, the yellow lily; Gold′-mine, a mine from which gold is dug; Gold′-plate, vessels and utensils of gold collectively; Gold′smith, a worker in gold and silver; Gold′spink (Scot.), the goldfinch; Gold′stick, the colonel of a regiment of life-guards who attends the sovereign on state occasions—he receives a gold rod with his commission; Gold′-thread, a ranunculaceous plant found from Denmark to Siberia, with evergreen leaves, resembling those of the strawberry: a thread formed of a strip of gold-leaf laid over a thread of silk; Gold′-wash′er, one who obtains gold by washing it from sand and gravel: a cradle or other implement for washing gold from auriferous dirt; Gold′-wire, wire made of or covered with gold.—Golden beetle, the na

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Gold

   A yellow metallic element with the atomic symbol Au, atomic number 79, and atomic weight 197. It is used in jewelry, goldplating of other metals, as currency, and in dental restoration. Many of its clinical applications, such as ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS, are in the form of its salts.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. goldnoun

   1.) Astronomical aurum's angstrom units conducting from one place or point to another as lead in the constellation. 2.) A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, valued especially for use in jewelry and decorations, and to guarantee an alloy of this 18-carat gold ancient ring.

   Mansa Musa is the one whom remotely is in control of the gold when he is awake and also when he is asleep.

   Etymology: Pu Au

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on October 10, 2023  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GOLD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gold is ranked #1928 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gold surname appeared 18,698 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Gold.
   
   90.1% or 16,862 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 716 total occurrences were Black.
   3% or 567 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 277 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 217 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 64 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Precious Metal
   • Wealth
   • Yellow

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GOLD' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1397

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GOLD' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1842

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'GOLD' in Nouns Frequency: #631

How to pronounce GOLD?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say GOLD in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GOLD in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GOLD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of GOLD in a Sentence

1. The Talmud:

   If you wish to know how much preferable wisdom is to gold, then observe: if you change gold you get silver for it, but your gold is gone; but if you exchange one sort of wisdom for another, you obtain fresh knowledge, and at the same time keep what you possessed before.

2. Ernie Johnson:

   Some big ol’ women down there … that’s a gold mine for Weight Watchers.

3. Josh Marion:

   While his brother and many other male royals chose not to wear a ring, Harry is wearing a platinum ring with a textured, sophisticated finish, the fact that he chose to wear a wedding band is very modern, which goes against tradition within the royal family. His band is also platinum and not Welsh gold, which runs contrary to royal tradition as well.

4. Goldcorp Inc:

   This transaction is consistent with Goldcorp's longstanding strategy of securing growth opportunities in and around our existing districts with a focus on low-cost, high-quality gold production.

5. Kurt Ribisl:

   Raising taxes is probably the gold standard for tobacco control policy, it’s the thing that reduces tobacco smoking more than any other policy lever that can be pulled.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GOLD
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gold
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=GOLD
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GOLD
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=GOLD
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=GOLD
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html