(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Gold is a valuable, yellow-coloured metal that is used for making jewellery and ornaments, and as an international currency.
...a sapphire set in ~...
The price of ~ was going up.
...~ coins.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Gold is jewellery and other things that are made of ~.
We handed over all our ~ and money.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
Something that is ~ is a bright yellow colour, and is often shiny.
I’d been wearing Michel’s black and ~ shirt.
COLOUR
4.
A ~ is the same as a ~ medal . (INFORMAL)
His ambition was to win ~ at the Atlanta Games in 1996...
This Saturday the British star is going for ~ in the Winter Olympics.
N-VAR
5.
If you say that a child is being as good as ~, you are emphasizing that they are behaving very well and are not causing you any problems.
The boys were as good as ~ on our walk.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v emphasis
6.
If you say that someone has a heart of ~, you are emphasizing that they are very good and kind to other people.
They are all good boys with hearts of ~. They would never steal.
PHRASE: heart inflects, v PHR, with PHR emphasis
7.
to strike ~: see strike
worth one’s weight in ~: see weight
see also fool’s ~