gild the lily

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Verb gild the lily has 2 senses

gild the lily(v = verb.creation) paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful); Array

is one way to adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament

Sample sentence:
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gild the lily(v = verb.change) paint the lily - make unnecessary additions to what is already complete; Array

is one way to add

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ROGET THESAURUS

gild the lily

Redundancy

VB superabound, overabound, know no bounds, swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark, surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood, drug, drug the market, hepatize, choke, cloy, accloy, suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with, lavish, send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, gild refined gold, gild the lily, butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, exaggerate, wallow in roll in, remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.

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