GLOSS

semblance, gloss, color, colour

(noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; “he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity”; “he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction”; “the situation soon took on a different color”

polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish

(noun) the property of being smooth and shiny

glossary, gloss

(noun) an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

gloss, rubric

(noun) an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

color, colour, gloss

(verb) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; “color a lie”

gloss

(verb) provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

gloss, comment, annotate

(verb) provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; “He annotated on what his teacher had written”

gloss

(verb) give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

gloss (usually uncountable, plural glosses)

A surface shine or luster/lustre

(figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance

Synonyms

• (surface shine): brilliance, gleam, luster/lustre, sheen, shine

• (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance): façade, front, veneer

Verb

gloss (third-person singular simple present glosses, present participle glossing, simple past and past participle glossed)

(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.

(transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception

(intransitive) To become shiny.

(transitive, idiomatic) Used in phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).

Synonyms

• (give a gloss or sheen to): polish, shine

• (make (something) attractive by deception)

• (become shiny)

Etymology 2

Noun

gloss (plural glosses)

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

(countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.

(countable, obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.

(countable) An extensive commentary on some text.

(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

(countable, legal, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law

Synonyms

• (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression): explanation, note

• (glossary): glossary, lexicon

• (extensive commentary on some text): commentary, discourse, discussion

Etymology 3

Verb

gloss (third-person singular simple present glosses, present participle glossing, simple past and past participle glossed)

(transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).

Synonyms

• (add a gloss to): annotate, mark up

Anagrams

• slogs

Source: Wiktionary

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Gloss, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.]

1. Bbrightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. Hooker.

2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Goldsmith.

Gloss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glossing.]

Definition: To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. The glossed and gleamy wave. J. R. Drake.

Gloss, n. Etym: [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. Gloze, Glossary, Glottis.]

1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.]

2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. Hudibras. Explaining the text in short glosses. T. Baker.

3. A false or specious explanation. Dryden.

Gloss, v. t.

1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.

2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. Philips.

Gloss, v. i.

1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. Dryden.

2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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