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Meanings of gloss in English

Portuguese
aparência
Catalan
color
Spanish
color
Wikidata

An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.

        aparência
        Portuguese
        polimento
        Catalan
        lluentor

        The property of being smooth and shiny.

              polimento
              Catalan
              glossar
              Spanish
              glosar

              Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.

                    glossar
                    Portuguese
                    glosso
                    Catalan
                    glossa

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

                          glosso
                          Usage of gloss in English
                          1
                          A £1 million reduction in interest payments added some gloss to profits.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          Miles was going the pace-worenothing after the gloss was off it.
                          It Is Never Too Late to Mend
                          3
                          They undoubtedly received a gloss from the ages which transmitted the tales.
                          Welsh Folk-Lore / a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of ...
                          4
                          Let's not gloss over the fact that he calls Africa a country.
                          Ebony
                          5
                          It, however, lacks the fineness and gloss of the kossegear and kioddellik.
                          Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Frankl...
                          6
                          The policy of the War Department was to gloss over these events.
                          The Black Experience in America
                          7
                          The truth is, as noted, we're inclined to gloss over our failures.
                          Lit: a memoir
                          8
                          A high-gloss crowd is surging every which way on its wedge boots.
                          The Irish Times
                          9
                          The egg has very little gloss, and the ground-colour is pure white.
                          The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
                          10
                          Kisses tasting of different shades of lip gloss and too many cokes.
                          The new yorker
                          11
                          The oil coating increased the eggshell gloss, but the roughness was unchanged.
                          Pubmed
                          12
                          Please find below a glossary of ways to gloss over gross misconduct.
                          The Guardian
                          13
                          The colour is Graphite Grey and comes in a high gloss lacquer.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          Are we simply too small a nation to compete with Hollywood gloss?
                          The Irish Times
                          15
                          That product is a custom-blend bronze gloss mixed with a pink shimmer.
                          Ebony
                          16
                          Forget a purse that can only fit your lip gloss and compact.
                          Ebony
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                          Translations for gloss
                          Gloss through the time
                          Gloss across language varieties
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common