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Meanings of gloss in inglés

portugués
aparência
catalán
color
español
color
Wikidata

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

color
portugués
polimento
catalán
lluentor

The property of being smooth and shiny.

polimento
catalán
glossar
español
glosar

Provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases.

glosar
portugués
glosso
catalán
glossa

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

glosso
Usage of gloss in inglés
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