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- [glos, glaws]
- /glɒs, glɔs/
- /ɡlɒs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [glos, glaws]
- /glɒs, glɔs/
Definitions of gloss word
- noun gloss an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text. 1
- noun gloss a series of verbal interpretations of a text. 1
- noun gloss a glossary. 1
- noun gloss an artfully misleading interpretation. 1
- verb with object gloss to insert glosses on; annotate. 1
- verb with object gloss to place (a word) in a gloss. 1
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Origin of gloss
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; probably akin to Dutch gloos glowing, Middle High German glosen to glow, shine, Swedish dialect glysa to shine
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Parts of speech for Gloss
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gloss popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gloss
noun gloss
- varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- veneer — a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- glaze — to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window.
- luster — a person who lusts: a luster after power.
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
verb gloss
- shine — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- lacquer — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- rub — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- furbish — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- glance — to look quickly or briefly.
Antonyms for gloss
noun gloss
- dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- misinformation — to give false or misleading information to.
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