Gloss
[glɒs] or [ɡlɑs]
Definition
(noun.) an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text.
(verb.) provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase.
(verb.) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; 'He annotated on what his teacher had written'.
(verb.) give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing.
Typed by Allan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.
(n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
(v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
(n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
(n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
(n.) A false or specious explanation.
(v. t.) To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
(v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
(v. i.) To make comments; to comment; to explain.
(v. i.) To make sly remarks, or insinuations.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Comment, note, explanation, interpretation, scholium, annotation, commentary.[2]. Pretext, pretence, specious plea.[3]. Lustre, polish, shining surface.
v. n. Comment, make notes, make explanatory remarks.
v. a. [1]. Varnish, make lustrous.[2]. Extenuate, palliate, color, apologize for, gloss over.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Polish, luster, misinterpretation, distortion, perversion, twist, plea,pretense, speciousness
ANT:Nebulousness, haze, literalness, truth, representation, interpretation,reality, verity, Glow,[See GLARE]
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Definition
n. a remark to explain a subject: a comment.—v.i. to comment or make explanatory remarks.—adj. Glossā′rial relating to a glossary: containing explanation.—ns. Gloss′arist a writer of a glossary; Gloss′ary a vocabulary of words requiring special explanation: a dictionary; Glossā′tor Gloss′er a writer of glosses or comments a commentator; Gloss′ic a phonetic alphabet devised by Mr A. J. Ellis (1814-90) for the scientific expression of speech-sounds—to be used concurrently with the Nomic or existing English orthography; Glossī′tis inflammation of the tongue; Gloss′ocele swelled tongue; Glossog′rapher.—adj. Glossograph′ical.—n. Glossog′raphy the writing of glossaries or comments.—adj. Glossolog′ical.—ns. Glossol′ogist; Glossol′ogy the science of language comparative philology: the knowledge of the definition of technical terms—also Glottol′ogy; Glossot′omy dissection of the tongue.
n. brightness or lustre as from a polished surface: external show.—v.t. to give a superficial lustre to: to render plausible: to palliate.
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Examples
- A beautiful gloss may be given to this or any other black ink by adding a strong solution of shellac and borax. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Now Mr. Upton was a very able mathematician, who, after he finished his studies at Princeton, went to Germany and got his final gloss under that great master, Helmholtz. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I could see that she was pretty, and from the gloss with which the light shone upon her dark dress I knew that it was a rich material. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The goods are all inspected before they are loaded on the iron cars to go to the varnishing department, where they receive the gloss which makes them look like patent leather. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gloss and brilliancy are also characteristics of good quality Manila. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Perhaps that is a slight exaggeration--we did gloss over a few centuries in the Middle Ages. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Her habit of resolutely facing the facts, in her rare moments of introspection, did not now allow her to put any false gloss on the situation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Whether they or their judges had any part in penning those laws, which they assumed the liberty of interpreting, and glossing upon at their pleasure? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Her way of glossing over the transaction with Trenor he regarded at once as a tribute to his own acuteness, and a confirmation of his suspicions. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Editor: Patrick