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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : glos, glaws
Phonetic Transcription : glɒs, glɔs



Definition of gloss

Origin :
  • "luster," 1530s, from Scandinavian (cf. Icelandic glossi "flame," related to glossa "to flame"), or obsolete Dutch gloos "a glowing," from Middle High German glos; probably ultimately from the same source as Old English glowan (see glow (v.)).
  • noun shine, sheen
  • noun definition
  • verb make shiny
  • verb conceal truth
  • verb define
Example sentences :
  • They draw this distinction when it is too late, and use it as a quibble to gloss over their fault.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • This filler should be very thin and leave only a suggestion of gloss.
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
  • Nor did he try to gloss over or strive to nullify his own dishonorable actions.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • What could gloss over the base return he made them for all their hospitalities and attention?
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • One does not care to own a girl as tall as that while the gloss is on one's hair.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • Let me finish the article; I 'II give it the gloss for sale!
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • If it only gloss over the working of human sympathy, we pity the men.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • They undoubtedly received a gloss from the ages which transmitted the tales.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • The word is explained by a gloss, 'Shamash has made him great.'
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • After dyeing it is sized to stiffen it, and also to increase the gloss on the cloth.
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley

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