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paint the lily

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)

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Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
gild the lily
pasttense
painted the lily
presentparticiple
painting the lily
thirdpersonsingular
paints the lily
pastparticiple
painted the lily