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GLOSS definition: 1. a smooth, shiny appearance on the surface of something: 2. paint that produces a smooth, shiny…. Learn more.
gloss: [verb] to mask the true nature of : give a deceptively attractive appearance to. to deal with (a subject or problem) too lightly or not at all.
Gloss definition: a superficial luster or shine; glaze. See examples of GLOSS used in a sentence.
Word Origin gloss over something. mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. verb mid 16th cent.: alteration of the noun gloze, from Old French glose ‘a gloss, comment’, suggested by medieval Latin glossa ‘explanation of a difficult word’, from Greek glōssa ‘word needing explanation, language, tongue’.
GLOSS definition: 1. paint that creates a shiny surface 2. shine on a surface 3. a short explanation of a word or…. Learn more.
GLOSS meaning: 1. a smooth, shiny appearance on the surface of something: 2. paint that produces a smooth, shiny…. Learn more.
11 meanings: 1. a. lustre or sheen, as of a smooth surface b. (as modifier) 2. a superficially attractive appearance 3. → See.... Click for more definitions.
A gloss is a shiny finish on an object. It’s also an explanation about a word or phrase. Right now, you’re reading a gloss on the word gloss.
two coats of gloss [uncountable, singular] an attractive appearance that is only on the surface and hides what is not so attractive. Beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life. This scandal has taken the gloss off the occasion. [countable] gloss (on something) a way of explaining something to make it seem more attractive or acceptable
Gloss definition: A surface shininess or luster. Origin of Gloss From Late Latin glossa (“an obsolete or foreign difficult word requiring explanation, later applied to explanation itself”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glōssa, “tongue, language, an obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation”).. From Wiktionary Middle English glose from Old French from Medieval Latin glōsa ...
