gloss¹ Definition
gloss (glôs, gläs)
noun
- the brightness or luster of a smooth, polished surface; sheen
- a deceptively smooth or pleasant outward appearance, as in manners or speech
- lip gloss
Etymology: prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. glosa, to gleam: for IE base see glass
transitive verb
- to give a polished, shiny surface to; make lustrous
Etymology: a blend of vt. 1 & gloss
to smooth over or cover up (an error, inadequacy, fault, etc.); make appear right by specious argument or by minimizing: often with over
intransitive verb
to become shiny
gloss¹ Related Forms
gloss² Definition
gloss (glôs, gläs)
noun
- words of explanation or translation inserted between the lines of a text
- a note of comment or explanation accompanying a text, as in a footnote or margin
- a collection of such notes
- a false or misleading interpretation
Etymology: ME glose < OFr or ML glosa, for L glossa, foreign or strange word needing explanation < Gr glōssa, orig., tongue, language < *glōchia, pointed object < glochis, point < IE base *glogh-, thorn, point > OSlav gloge, thorn
transitive verb
- to furnish (a text) with glosses
- to interpret falsely
intransitive verb
to annotate a text
gloss² Related Forms
gloss³ Definition
gloss
glossary
gloss Synonyms
gloss Usage Examples
Object
- whipping: Finished with a deep gray blank with substantial high gloss black whippings.
- lacquer: The whole artifact is finished with a high gloss acrylic lacquer.
- varnish: This includes paint: emulsion, gloss, varnish, etc.
- paint: The usual method is to mark the handle with a band or bands of a bright color gloss paint.
- enamel: Ceramic tile, stainless steel, or sheetrock painted with high gloss enamel meet this requirement.
- finish: The high gloss finish was achieved by spray painting & lacquer.
Preposition: over
fact: His gloss over the facts of the case is " The Queen acted in my view entirely properly throughout.
Adjective modifier
- marginal: This translation also quickly dropped out of circulation, but much of its content survived in marginal glosses.
- English: Our newest resource provides: - Maya pronunciations - English glosses - Grammatical usage - Thompson numbers, and more.
Adjective complement
- black: Once again I managed to paint the three seat frames in the small saloon in gloss black.
- white: B&Q Built in and freestanding bathroom units and furniture available in beech, gloss white, cherry finishes.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Gentleman has rather glossed over what I actually said, which is that we will meet our Kyoto targets.
- no: There is no gloss, in the introduction, where you explain what the various clauses mean.
- quickly: Like all liberal critiques of capitalism, class exploitation is either rubbed out completely or quickly glossed over.
Followed by an intransitive particle
over: Redgrave refused to gloss over his crew's defeat in Lucerne.
Followed by a transitive particle
- over: The neutral term ' Heads of Department ' is used to gloss over the asymmetry of status of the two partners.
- off: A 2-0 reverse took the gloss off the high spirits that dominated the previous Saturday.
Used with why or when
that: On the other, a sexy, shimmery gloss that makes lips beyond delectable.
Particle object:
fact: When I checked on this case, the Air Force made no attempt to gloss over the facts.
Modifies a noun
paint: A dry store, however may only need to be painted with gloss paint or washable emulsion.
Browse dictionary entries near gloss
- ‹ glory
- ‹ glorious
- ‹ gloriole
- ‹ glorify
- ‹ Gloria Patri
- ‹ Gloria in excelsis Deo
- ‹ Gloria
- ‹ glop
- ‹ gloomy
- ‹ gloom
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