Gloss

Definition: Gloss

Gloss

Noun

1. An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text.

2. An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field.

3. The property of being smooth and shiny.

Verb

1. Make shiny.

2. Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.

3. Provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase.

4. Gloss or excuse; "color a lie".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gloss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

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Synonyms: Gloss

Beauty

Pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry; comeliness, fairness; Adjective: polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle tournure; trigness; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence; sublimity, sublimification.

Dissuasion

Noun: pretext, pretense, pretension, plea; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse; (vindication); subterfuge; color; gloss, guise, cover.

Falsehood

Garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to; give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon; color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider; varnish right and puzzle wrong; exaggerate; blague.

Interpretation

Exegesis; expounding, exposition; hermeneutics; comment, commentary; inference; (deduction); illustration, exemplification; gloss, annotation, scholium, note; elucidation, dilucidation; eclaircissement, mot d'enigme.

Newness

Noun: newness; Adjective: novelty, recency; immaturity; youth; gloss of novelty.

Reasoning,

Pervert, quibble; equivocate, mystify, evade, elude; gloss over, varnish; misteach; mislead; (error); cavil, refine, subtilize, split hairs; misrepresent; (lie).

Smoothness

Noun: smoothness; Adjective: polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication.

Untruth

Forgery, fabrication, invention; misstatement, misrepresentation; perversion, falsification, gloss, suggestio falsi; exaggeration.

Vindication

Extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze; put a gloss, put a good face upon; mince; gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile.

Apology, gloss, varnish; plea; salvo; excuse, extenuating circumstances; allowance, allowance to be made; locus paenitentiae.

Crosswords: Gloss

Yep, I've got my lips, and my lip gloss, andOh, Michael, you didn't tell me how much to sell my kisses for (Good Times; writing credit: Humbert Bianchi; Pierre Cholodenko)

Baby, hair pumping, lip gloss is shining (Around the Way Girl; performing artist: L.L. Cool J)

Lip gloss shinin', tattoos on the back (Ghetto Girls; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow)

Gloss (1998)

Lip Gloss (1993)

Gloss (1987)

Books

• Amplification As Gloss in Two Twelfth-Century Texts: Robert De Boron's Joseph D'Arimathie and Renaut De Beaujeu's Li Biaus Descouneus (Studies in the (reference)

• Bhagavad Gita, Srimad, with the Gloss of Sridhara Swami (reference)

• D.I.Y. Girl: The Real Girl's Guide to Making Everything from Lip Gloss to Lamps (reference)

• Dutch gold, solid gold : reality and gloss of a man-made land = werkelijkheid en schone schijn van een land op de groei = Wirklichkeit und schöner Schein eines von Menschen gemachten Landes (reference)

• Framing Pieces: Designs of the Gloss in Joyce, Woolf, and Pound (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Lip Gloss (reference)

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High Tech

• 20PK Clear Gloss CD Labels (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Encon Electric 27536 36'' Gloss White Downrod (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Business

Pearl and frosted finishes; white over color as a highlight; origami folds pressed into garments; color blocking; painted fabric resembling the orient; huge Hawaiian floral and graphic prints; geometric prints such as polka dots and block prints; sheen and gloss; tie died wraps and skirts; tone on tone print to create dimension; modular dressing; fluid floral and watery leaf prints. (references)

Economic History

Australia

Although the sector has lost some of its gloss over the past year, following a stock market downturn, along with the collapse of some high-profile Australian companies, there is no doubt that e-commerce will continue to transform the way companies do business here. (references)

Expressions using "gloss": gloss of novelty ♦ gloss over ♦ gloss over the facts ♦ lip gloss ♦ take the gloss off. Additional references.

Beginning with "gloss": gloss-cream, gloss-enamelled, gloss-finished, gloss-printed, gloss-throated.

Ending with "gloss": high-gloss.

Albanian

sqaroj (clarify, dissolve, elucidate, enlighten, enucleate, explain, illuminate, illustrate, sharpen, straighten, straighten out), sqarim (clarification, clearing-off, elucidation, enlightenment, explanation, illumination, illustration), shpjegim (commentary, elucidation, exegesis, exegetics, explanation, explication, exposition, interpretation, reading, reasoning, Rede), shkëlqim i rremë, shkëlqim (aureola, aureole, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, distinction, eclat, effulgence, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flame, glint, glitter, glory, glow, halo, irradiation, lambency, luster, lustre, nimbus, pageantry, polish, pomp, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), shënim (annotation, comment, denotation, denotement, designation, entry, epigram, jotting, memorandum, notation, notch, notching, note, paragraph, record, remark, writing), përkthim brenda teksti, lustroj (buff, clean, furbish, gloss over, levigate, polish, rub up, varnish, whitewash), lustër (finishing, glaze, luster, lustre, polish, sheen, shine, varnish, whitewash), komentoj (comment, descant, interpret). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مظهر جذاب, ‏لمعان (brightness, burnish, flash, glisten, glitter, glossiness, luminosity, luster, radiance, refulgence, sheen, shine, shining), ‏تحشية, ‏تعليق (abeyance, attachment, comment, commentary, quote, remark, stay, suspense, suspension, time out), ‏زود (accommodate, assort, button, cap, chock, cover, eke out, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, irrigate, lend, outfit, provide, purvey, rig out, serve, set up, store, supply, tool up), ‏علق (annotate, comment, commentate, dangle, hang, hang up, hinge, pin out, rest, shelve, sling, stop, string up, suspend, swing), ‏صقل (buff, buffer, burn, burnish, cultivate, enamel, furbish, glossiness, grind, lacquer, perfect, planish, plume, polish, refine, rumble, scour, shine, sleek, smooth, stone), ‏بريق (blaze, brightness, burnish, flame, glance, gleam, glimmering, glitter, loudness, luster, opalescence, refulgence, sheen, shine, spark, twinkle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

замазвам (gloss over, lute, seal, slur over, smarm, smooth out, soft pedal, stifle, varnish, veneer), излъсквам се (polish up), измамлива външност, политура (glaze, glazing, polish, varnish, veneer), полирам (abrade, brighten up, buff, burnish, face, glaze, lap, planish, polish, rumble), превод на трудни думи в текст, блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, eclat, effulgence, fire, flash, glamor, glamour, glance, glint, glitter, glory, glossiness, heraldry, illumination, irradiation, lambency, light, luminance, luminosity, luster, lustre, pageantry, polish, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), лустро (luster, lustre, polish, top dressing, varnish, veneer), лъскам (brighten, furbish, glance, grind, polish, satin, scour, shine, smooth, varnish), излъсквам (abrade, polish up, refurbish, rub up, varnish), лъскавина (brightness, glossiness, luster, lustre, polish, sheen, shine, varnish, veneer), снабдявам с речник, външен блясък (flash, flashiness, gilt, vanity, veneer), глоса, глосар (glossary), коментар (annotation, comment, commentary, reflection, remark), кратък речник на редки думи, тълкувам (comment, construe, explain, explicate, expound, interpret, read, render, translate), тълкуване (construction, exegesis, explanation, exposition, interpretation, note, reading, rendering, translation), снабдявам с глоси, лъскам се (polish). (various references)

Chinese 

光泽 (sheen). (various references)

Czech

glosovat, glosa (comment), vysvìtlivka (annotation), vyleštit (black, do up, rub up), udìlat meziřádkový překlad, pozlátko (façade, gilt, gold leaf, tinsel, varnish, veneer), mežiřádkový překlad, lesk (brilliance, dazzle, glare, gleam, glitter, glossiness, luster, lustre, polish, radiance, refulgence, shimmer, shine, splendour), komentovat (comment, commentate). (various references)

Danish

glans (brightness, brillance, brilliance, finish, glans, glaze, lustre, lustre of fabric, polish, sheen), brillians (brightness, brillance, glaze, lustre, lustre of fabric). (various references)

Dutch

kanttekening, glosse, glans (sheen). (various references)

Esperanto

gloso, brilo (sheen). (various references)

Faeroese

orðafrágreiðing. (various references)

Farsi 

تاویل کردن , برق انداختن , شرح (Circumstance, Description, Explanation, Exposition, Geography, Innuendo, Legend, Narrative, Recitation, Relation, Sketch, Statement, Story, Tale, Treatise), جلا (Buff, Burnish, Japan, Polish, Varnish), جلوه ظاهر, صافی (Leach, Purity, Scumble, Serene, Serenity, Strainer), صیقل دادن (Burnish, Polish), براقی , تاویل (Paraphrase), فهرست معانی (Glossary), توضیح (Comment, Explanation, Paraphrase, Statement, Treatise), تفصیل (Circumstance, Detail), تفسیر (Comment, Commentary, Explanation, Exposition, Paraphrase, Rendition, Version), حاشیه (Border, Braid, Brim, Brink, Margin, Outskirt, Purl, Rand, Verge), حاشیه نوشتن بر, نرمی (Amenity, Leniency, Pash, Plasticity, Suavity, Unction), سفرنگ (Commentary, Glossary). (various references)

Finnish

kiilto (lustre, polish). (various references)

French

lustre (glaze), brillant (glamorous, gleam, glistening, glossiness, glossy, glow). (various references)

Frisian

ang (sheen). (various references)

German

glosse (commentary), glanz (sheen, brilliance, lustre, radiance, brightness, finery, glamor, glamour, polish, refulgence, resplendence, shininess). (various references)

Greek 

στιλπνότητα (lustre), γυαλάδα (sheen), λούστρο (polish 1, veneer). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפרש (construe, elucidate, explain, interpret), לבאר (clarify, elucidate, explain, expound, make clear). (various references)

Hungarian

máz (glaze), glossza, széljegyzet (marginal note), magyarázat (comment, explanation, exposition), kommentár (annotation, comment), felületi fény. (various references)

Indonesian

glos. (various references)

Italian

glossare, glossa, vernice (varnish, lacquer, paint), lustro (lustre), lucidezza (glossiness, shine), lucidare (polish, polish up, rub, rub up, shine, trace), lucentezza (lustre, polish, sheen), brillantezza (brilliance). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

艶 (charming, fascinating, glaze, voluptuous), 註解 (annotation, explanatory notes), 練り (kneading, tempering), 旁註 (side notes), 注解 (annotation, explanatory notes), 傍注 (side notes). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ねり (kneading, tempering), ぼうちゅう (busyness, marginal notes, pesticide, side notes, within a room), つや (a wake, all-night vigil over a body, glaze), ちゅうかい (agency, annotation, explanatory notes, intermediation). (various references)

Manx

sollyssid (brightness, brilliance, clearness, illustration, lightness, luminosity, lustre, polish, radiance, resplendence, sheen, transparency), gloasey (glaze, glazing, polish, polish up, polishing, rub up), gloasaghey (polish, polish up, shine), gloas (glaze, polish, shine). (various references)

Norwegian

glans (glamour, glory, lustre). (various references)

Pig Latin

ossglay.(various references)

Portuguese

lustro (burnish, glossiness, polish), brilho (brightness, brilliance, shine). (various references)

Romanian

glosã, glosa, tãlmãci (comment, construe, explain, expound, interpret, read, take, translate), strãlucire (bravery, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, eclat, effulgence, fineness, fire, flame, flash, flashing, flush, gaiety, glitter, glow, gorgeousness, grandeur, irradiance, irradiation, lucency, luminosity, luster, lustre, panoply, pomp, radiance, radiancy, radiation, refulgence, resplendence, richness, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), spoialã (smattering, varnish, veneer, whitewashing), observaţie marginalã, lustrui (brighten, brush up, burnish, clean, furbish, glass, glaze, polish, polish up, rub up, shine, sleek, surface), lustru (glossiness, luster, lustre, lustrum, polish, shallowness, shine, varnish, veneer), luciu (glaze, glitter, glory, glossiness, luster, lustre, sheen, shine, slippery, splendor, splendour), lucire (brightness, radiance, radiancy, shining), interpretare rãuvoitoare, interpreta greşit (misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, misunderstand, pervert), explicaţie (account, cause, construction, exegesis, explanation, purport, Rede), comentariu (annotation, comment, commentary, reflection, remarks), aparenţã înşelãtoare (disguise). (various references)

Russian 

блеск (sheen, brilliance, brilliancy, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, resplendence, scintillation). (various references)

Scottish

snas (elegance, order, regularity). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

usjajiti, sjaj (blazon, blazonry, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, effulgence, glow, luminosity, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour). (various references)

Spanish

lustre (glaze, lustre, sheen), glosa (comment), brillo (brightness, brilliance, sheen, shine). (various references)

Swedish

glans (glitter, lustre, sheen, splendour), glätta (smooth). (various references)

Turkish

yorumlamak (comment, commentate, construe, decipher, explicate, expound, interpret, paraphrase, read, render), yorum (comment, commentary, construction, exegesis, exercise, explanation, explication, interpretation, observation, paraphrase, reading, remark, rendering, rendition, version), perdah (polish, polishing, sheen), parlatmak (blazon, brighten, burnish, clean, furbish, furbish up, give a polish, glaze, lighten, luster, polish, rub up, satin, shine, sleek), dipnot düşmek, dipnot (annotation, footnote, postscript), dış güzellik, cilalamak (apply polish, blanch, burnish, finish, furbish, give a polish, luster, polish, shine, surface, varnish, veneer, wax), cila (chaser, dope, finish, finishing, glaze, glazing, luster, lustre, polish, polisher, polishing, rubbing varnish, shine, varnish, veneer, veneering, wax), açıklama yapmak (explain, give directions, make a statement, show forth), açıklama (account, clarification, comment, commentary, declaration, definition, direction, elucidation, endorsement, explanation, explication, exposition, hearing, illumination, illustration, indorsement, instruction, paraphrase, profession, statement), örtbas etmek (blanket, cloak, compound, conceal, cover up, explain away, gloss over, gloze, gloze over, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush, hush up, keep smth. quiet, obscure, palliate, paper, sink, smother up, suppress, sweep under the carpet, veneer, wash out, whitewash). (various references)

Ukrainian

складати глосарій, робити помітки (note), тлумачення (annotation, comment, definition, elucidation, exegetics, explanation, explication, exposition, interpretation, reading, rendition), глосарій (glossary), глоса, обманлива зовнішність, наводити лиск, лиск (glaze, glossiness, polish, sheen), лисніти. (various references)

Vietnamese 

nước bóng (polish, water), lời phê phán sự xuyên tạc lời nói của người khác, lời chú thích (annotation, comment), bề ngoài giả dối. (various references)

Welsh

graen (fear, grain, grief, grievous, lustre, sad, ugly). (various references)

colorem, glossa, multicoloria. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "gloss": glossa, glossae, glossal, glossarial, glossaries, glossarist, glossarists, glossary, glossas, glossator, glossators, glossed, glosseme, glossemes, glosser, glossers, glosses, glossier, glossies, glossiest, glossily, glossina, glossinas, glossiness, glossinesses, glossing, glossitis, glossitises, glossographer, glossographers, glossolalia, glossolalias, glossolalist, glossolalists, glossopharyngeal, glossopharyngeals, glossy. (additional references)

Words ending with "gloss": bugloss, isogloss, regloss, semigloss. (additional references)

Words containing "gloss": buglosses, hypoglossal, hypoglossals, isoglossal, isoglosses, isoglossic, odontoglossum, odontoglossums, reglossed, reglosses, reglossing, salpiglossis, salpiglossises. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Gloss" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Galozzi, gelos, glasis, glasss, gliss, gloc, glocks, gloose, glooz, glops, glosi, glots, Glso, Glssi, gnoss, gols. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: slogs.

-1 letter: logs, loss, slog, sols.

-2 letters: gos, log, sol, sos.

-3 letters: go, lo, os, so.

+1 letter: glossa, glossy, glosts, siglos.

+2 letters: bugloss, egoless, fogless, glossae, glossal, glossas, glossed, glosser, glosses, godless, gospels, grossly, isologs, losings, regloss, sawlogs, slogans, sloughs.

+3 letters: closings, dogsleds, flossing, galoshes, gasohols, girasols, girosols, glasnost, glossary, glosseme, glossers, glossier, glossies, glossily, glossina, glossing, glucoses, goalless, goloshes, gormless, goslings, gossypol, isogloss, lassoing, loginess, longness, lysogens, ologists, regosols, roseslug, sloggers, sloshing, smogless, soilages, solfeges, songless, splodges, subgoals, sunglows.