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gloss
1[ glos, glaws ]
noun
- a superficial luster or shine; glaze:
the gloss of satin.
- a false or deceptively good appearance.
verb (used with object)
- to put a gloss upon.
- to give a false or deceptively good appearance to:
to gloss over flaws in the woodwork.
gloss
2[ glos, glaws ]
noun
- an explanation or translation of a foreign, technical, or unusual word or expression in a text.
Synonyms: annotation, comment
- a series of verbal interpretations of a text.
Synonyms: explication, exegesis, critique, commentary
- a glossary.
- an artfully misleading interpretation.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to make glosses.
gloss.
3abbreviation for
- glossary.
gloss
1/ ɡlɒs /
noun
- lustre or sheen, as of a smooth surface
- ( as modifier )
gloss paint
- a superficially attractive appearance
- See gloss paintSee gloss paint
- a cosmetic preparation applied to the skin to give it a faint sheen
lip gloss
verb
- to give a gloss to or obtain a gloss
gloss.
2abbreviation for
- glossary
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Derived Forms
- ˈglosser, noun
- ˈglossless, adjective
- ˈglossingly, adverb
- ˈglosser, noun
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Other Words From
- glossless adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gloss1
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Origin of gloss1
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Example Sentences
Zied suggests popping a breath strip, sucking on a strong mint, or reapplying your lip gloss.
He also said health care providers should not gloss over possible or suspect cases.
The putting-on-lip gloss shot almost never makes sense, but it always, always, works.
All three outlets remained fixated on surgery, and seemed to only gloss over questions of identity.
In March, popular beauty site Into the Gloss even published a how-to on getting blue-tinted hair.
It is more likely that counseyl has slipped in, as a gloss upon reed, and was afterwards substituted for it.
And in this way he hopes to pass off a plausible gloss, as satisfying the words of the instrument.
Hence they are very probably an old gloss, and their omission simplifies both the grammar and the sense.
Around her was the gloss of recent green, pushing upwards to the immature blue of the sky.
It is against human nature, and no amount of wonderful declamation or scenic magnificence can gloss it over.
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