gold

noun7

1. •
   a heavy, bright yellow metal of great value, used for rings and money

   • 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. — 1936
2. •
   A gold medal.

   • France has won three golds and five silvers.
3. •
   A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
4. •
   (figurative) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.

   • That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!
5. •
   A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.

   • The pirates were searching for gold.
6. •
   [in the plural] (slang) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
7. •
   The bullseye of an archery target.

   • Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.

adjective6

1. •
   Made of gold.
2. •
   Having the colour of gold.

   • gold socks
3. •
   Of a musical recording, having sold 500,000 copies.

   • The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle". — 2000
4. •
   Premium, superior.
5. •
   In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

   • The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004. — 2004
6. •
   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.

   • Scholars who make their work green open access rather than gold never pay a fee to do so. Even when they choose the gold route, only 33% of peer-reviewed open access journals charge author-side fees. — 2013

adverb1

1. •
   of or referring to a gold version of something

verb1

1. •
   To appear or cause to appear golden.

   • You are the sun at Noon, that golds the barley, and pulls the bee to the ling on the moor. — 2011

noun1

1. •
   A member of the Goldi or Nanai people.