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Definition of Gloss

Gloss 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. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. A false or specious explanation. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. To make comments; to comment; to explain. To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Related Definitions: An, And, Annotate, Appearance, Archaic, As, Body, Brightness, By, Calendered, Clear, Cloth, Comment, Commentary, Consisting, Evident, Explain, Explanation, Explanatory, False, Foreign, From, Give, Gloss, Illustrate, Interlinear, Interpretation, Is, It, Luster, Make, Marginal, More, Note, Of, One, Or, Other, Palliate, Plausible, Polish, Proceeding, Quality, Render, Requiring, Running, Shining, Show, Silk, Sly, Smooth, Specious, Superficial, Surface, Technical, The, To, Uncommon, Word

Gloss Quotations Have you heard of this new thing called the internet? It's giving people new expectations. It's allowing them to become their own expert. Knowledge lies anxious at their fingertips. Gloss over the truth in your advertising and you'll quickly be dismissed as a poser. Roy H. Williams But I always curl my lashes, even if I don't put on mascara. I'll also put on a lip gloss or lip balm. And I always brush my eyebrows. I have very thick eyebrows - I'm just now starting to thin them out a bit. Denise Richards Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field. Tori Amos What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows. Martin Short One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. William O. Douglas

Gloss Translations gloss in Dutch is glosse, kanttekening gloss in Norwegian is glans gloss in Portuguese is lustro gloss in Spanish is glosa

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