'Gloss' definitions:
Definition of 'gloss'
From: WordNet
noun
An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text [syn: gloss, rubric]
noun
An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field [syn: glossary, gloss]
noun
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" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour]
verb
Give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
verb
Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: gloss, comment, annotate]
verb
Provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
verb
Definition of 'Gloss'
From: GCIDE
- Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), v. t.
- 1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. [1913 Webster]
- You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. --Philips. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gloss'
From: GCIDE
- Gloss \Gloss\, v. i.
- 1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gloss'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Gloss'
From: GCIDE
- Gloss \Gloss\, n. [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. ? tongue, language, word needing explanation. Cf. Gloze, Glossary, Glottis.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. [1913 Webster]
- All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- Explaining the text in short glosses. --T. Baker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A false or specious explanation. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gloss'
From: GCIDE
- Gloss \Gloss\ (gl[o^]s), n. [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. [1913 Webster]
- To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gloss'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse of terms,
- acting,
- affectation,
- afterglow,
- air glow,
- alibi,
- allowance,
- amplification,
- analysis,
- annotate,
- annotation,
- apology,
- apparatus criticus,
- appearance,
- apply paint,
- attitudinizing,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- begild,
- belie,
- besmear,
- bilingual text,
- biographical dictionary,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bluffing,
- brightness,
- brush on paint,
- buff,
- burnish,
- butter,
- calcimine,
- camouflage,
- candescence,
- catachresis,
- cheating,
- chemical dictionary,
- clavis,
- cloak,
- coat,
- color,
- coloring,
- comment,
- comment upon,
- commentary,
- commentate,
- commentation,
- complexion,
- conceal,
- contort,
- contorting,
- cover,
- cover story,
- cover up,
- cover-up,
- creamy,
- crib,
- critical review,
- criticism,
- criticize,
- critique,
- cursoriness,
- dab,
- daub,
- deception,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- decontamination,
- deep-dye,
- define,
- definition,
- delicate,
- delusion,
- desk dictionary,
- device,
- dialect dictionary,
- dictionary,
- dictionary of quotations,
- dip,
- disguise,
- dissemblance,
- dissembling,
- dissimulation,
- distemper,
- distort,
- distortion,
- double-dye,
- dress up,
- dye,
- edit,
- editorial,
- eggshell,
- eisegesis,
- electronics dictionary,
- elucidate,
- elucidation,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- embroider,
- enamel,
- engild,
- epidermis,
- error,
- etymological dictionary,
- excuse,
- exegesis,
- explain,
- explanation,
- explicate,
- explication,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- exteriority,
- facade,
- face,
- faithful translation,
- fakery,
- faking,
- false air,
- false appearance,
- false front,
- false show,
- falsify,
- falsity,
- fast-dye,
- feigning,
- feint,
- finish,
- flat,
- flush,
- footnote,
- foreign-language dictionary,
- four-flushing,
- fraud,
- free translation,
- fresco,
- front,
- fudge,
- furbish,
- garble,
- garbling,
- gazetteer,
- general dictionary,
- geological dictionary,
- get one wrong,
- get wrong,
- gild,
- gilding,
- gilt,
- glance,
- glaze,
- gleam,
- glint,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- glossary,
- glossiness,
- glow,
- gradus,
- grain,
- guise,
- handle,
- hide,
- hue,
- humbug,
- humbuggery,
- illuminate,
- imbue,
- imposture,
- incandescence,
- ingrain,
- interlinear,
- interlinear translation,
- interpret,
- interpretation,
- iridescent,
- japan,
- key,
- lacquer,
- lame excuse,
- lay on,
- lay on color,
- leader,
- leading article,
- lexicon,
- light,
- locus standi,
- loose translation,
- luster,
- make an edition,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- mask,
- masquerade,
- mellow,
- mere scratch,
- meretriciousness,
- metaphrase,
- misapplication,
- misapply,
- misapprehend,
- misapprehension,
- miscitation,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misconceive,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- misconstrue,
- misdeem,
- misexplain,
- misexplanation,
- misexplicate,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misexpound,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpret,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudge,
- misjudgment,
- misquotation,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misreading,
- misrender,
- misrendering,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- mistake,
- mistranslate,
- mistranslation,
- misunderstand,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse of words,
- mitigation,
- mother-of-pearl,
- nacreous,
- no depth,
- no water,
- nomenclator,
- notation,
- note,
- note of explanation,
- notice,
- onomasticon,
- opalescent,
- ostensible motive,
- ostentation,
- outward show,
- overstate,
- paint,
- pale,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- paraphrase,
- parget,
- pastel,
- patina,
- patinaed,
- pearly,
- perversion,
- pervert,
- phrase book,
- pigment,
- pinprick,
- playacting,
- polish,
- polyglot dictionary,
- pony,
- poor excuse,
- pose,
- posing,
- posture,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- prime,
- protestation,
- public motive,
- put-off,
- qualification,
- quiet,
- refuge,
- remark,
- remark upon,
- report,
- representation,
- restatement,
- review,
- rewording,
- rhyming dictionary,
- rind,
- rub,
- running commentary,
- sad,
- scholium,
- science dictionary,
- scour,
- scratch,
- screen,
- seeming,
- semblance,
- semigloss,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shallowness,
- sham,
- sheen,
- shellac,
- shine,
- shininess,
- shining light,
- shoaliness,
- show,
- silkiness,
- simple,
- simulacrum,
- simulation,
- skin,
- skylight,
- slang dictionary,
- slant,
- slap on,
- slather,
- sleek,
- sleekness,
- slick,
- slick down,
- slickness,
- slightness,
- slop on paint,
- smear,
- smear on,
- smoke screen,
- smooth over,
- sober,
- soft,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- softened,
- softening,
- somber,
- specialized dictionary,
- speciousness,
- spread on,
- spread with,
- squeeze,
- squeezing,
- stain,
- stalking-horse,
- stipple,
- strain,
- strain the sense,
- stratagem,
- subdued,
- subterfuge,
- subtle,
- sunset glow,
- superficiality,
- superficies,
- surface,
- sweet,
- synonym dictionary,
- synonymy,
- tar,
- tender,
- thesaurus,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- titivate,
- tone,
- torture,
- torturing,
- transcription,
- translate,
- translation,
- transliteration,
- treasury of words,
- trick,
- trick out,
- triviality,
- trot,
- twist,
- twist the words,
- twisting,
- unabridged dictionary,
- undercoat,
- understate,
- varnish,
- veil,
- veneer,
- vocabulary,
- wash,
- wax,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing,
- window dressing,
- word of explanation,
- wordbook,
- wrench,
- wrenching,
- write-up