Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, having a smooth and silky luster reflecting a color different from that of the surface on which it appears to be : as, glossed with white or blue. Such appearances are generally due to exceedingly minute hairs or points on the surface.
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- adjective Having a
gloss . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gloss .
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Examples
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If this should happen, you will almost certainly be able to find the word glossed in at least one other place earlier in the canto.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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We also saw a bit of energy in the flashback: I kind of glossed over this last week, but according to the show, eight weeks ago Samuel was about 15 years old and he kept on asking his fun-killing older brother to let him stay out after midnight.
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I didn't hate it, mind you, but it was a book I kind of glossed over back in the day.
Rabid Reads for BBW: "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding 2009
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But the other main musical issue is that in Indian music, you have this very complicated system, or complex system, I should say, of ornamentation that, again in the West, it's kind of glossed over by being referred to as microtonal or quarter tones, and it's much more complex than that.
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GRACE: You know, Dr. Makary, you kind of glossed over the risks associated with delivering.
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ADAIR: I think "SNL" just kind of glossed over what is a fair amount of progress by this administration.
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It's funny how the history of the post-WWII reaction, the women in factories in WWII being forced out of work and the returning African-American soldiers and population migrants being forced into racist structures, is just kind of glossed over.
Matt Stoller: Time to Dismantle the War and the Constitution of Television 2008
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Levin said that, while much of the public objection was likely caused by apprehension over the expected "Hollywood-ization" of the topic, Greengrass and the studio had made no attempt to make the film "glossed," "user friendly" or "glamourized."
Melissa Lafsky: Tribeca Panel Series: Actor, Producer, Family Member on "United 93" 2008
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The intermediate Spanish teachers I've had kind of glossed over it, apparently thinking we weren't sufficiently advanced to grasp the concept.
"Pues" 2006
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When Tina Fey and Amy Pohler opened Baby Mama it was just kind of glossed over.
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