Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A surface shininess or luster.
- noun A kind of paint that dries to a shiny finish.
- noun A cosmetic that adds shine or luster, such as lip gloss.
- noun A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance or good reputation.
- transitive verb To give a bright sheen or luster to.
- transitive verb To apply a gloss to.
- noun A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or technical expression usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text or manuscript.
- noun A collection of such notes; a glossary.
- noun An extensive commentary, often accompanying a text or publication.
- noun A purposefully misleading interpretation or explanation.
- transitive verb To provide (an expression or a text) with a gloss or glosses.
- transitive verb To give a false interpretation to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A superficial lustrous smoothness, with soft changing reflections, due to the nature of the material, as distinguished from
polish , which is artificially produced; in general, any glistening smoothness, natural or artificial: as, the gloss of satin, of hair, of paint, etc. - noun Hence External show; a specious appearance or representation.
- noun In leather manufacturing, a preparation which gives leather its final polish or finish.
- To explain by a gloss or marginal note; translate; hence, to render clear and evident by comments; illustrate; comment upon.
- Hence To give a specious appearance to; render specious and plausible; palliate by fabricated representation.
- To comment; write or make explanatory remarks.
- noun An abbreviation of
glossary . - To give a superficial luster to; make smooth and shining: as, to
gloss cloth; to gloss a horse's coat. - Hence To impart a specious appearance to; hide under a smooth false show.
- noun A word in the text of an author, especially a foreign author, requiring explanation.
- noun The explanation, translation, or definition of such a word; an explanatory note or remark upon some word or passage in a text, especially one written in the margin, or, as was the practice with the earliest glosses, between the lines.
- noun Hence An artfully misleading or false explanation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish
- noun A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
- transitive verb To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining.
- noun obsolete A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
- noun An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
- noun A false or specious explanation.
- intransitive verb To make comments; to comment; to explain.
- intransitive verb To make sly remarks, or insinuations.
- transitive verb To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
- transitive verb To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A
surface shine orluster /lustre - noun uncountable, figuratively A
superficially ordeceptively attractive appearance - verb transitive To give a gloss or
sheen to. - verb transitive To make (something) attractive by
deception - verb intransitive To become
shiny . - noun countable A
brief explanatory note ortranslation of adifficult orcomplex expression , usuallyinserted in themargin orbetween lines of atext . - noun countable A
glossary ; acollection of such notes. - noun countable An
extensive commentary on some text. - noun countable A
deliberately misleading explanation . - noun countable A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
- noun countable (law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a
statute orcase law - verb transitive To add a gloss to (a text).
- verb transitive To give a deliberately
false interpretation of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the term gloss is also given to the ensemble of such notes in any entire collection, e.g. the Gloss of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Finally the term gloss designates a word or a remark, perhaps intended at first as an explanation of the text of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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This offering of groupie-style apparel, little heart pendants and flavored lip gloss is weak, and unless behind it lies a treasure trove of Ms. Marvel tank tops, Valkyrie sundresses, and Black Widow lipstick Marvel is in trouble here.
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One reason that many big name authors have gloss is they have a higher propensity to being returned and if it is gloss it therefore has a chance of being resent out by the publisher than a skuffy looking matte which ends up pulped.
Matte vs Gloss Lou Anders 2009
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Financial Cryptography: Skype: the gloss is losing its shine has lots of food for thought.
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In advance of this weekend's IMF-World Bank meetings, the Treasury Secretary merely put a highfalutin gloss on the same old U.S. policy that China's "overvalued" currency is the source of all global economic ills.
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The album's gloss is stripped away in concert, so Mr. Stephens becomes a nice match for the headliners.
Dressing Up to Get Down This Weekend Jim Fusilli 2010
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So now that the showroom gloss is beginning to wear off Obama at home, now that U.S. poll respondents are indicating that the first dents and scratches are visible in the previously gleaming bodywork, how is he being seen between Ljubljana and Lisbon?
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I love Origins. been a fan for years. their lip gloss is the best, as is most of their make-up and I love love love anything that involves the ginger line. smells amazing. oh and I just started using Dr. Weil and it is fantastic.
Greenery kittenpie 2008
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Concealer, mascara and lip gloss is about it for me!
Making It Up kittenpie 2007
qroqqa commented on the word gloss
The linguistics department of the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig (dir. Bernard Comrie) has codified morphemic glossing rules. Hurrah!
June 11, 2009