gloss in English

noun

1

shine or luster on a smooth surface.

hair with a healthy gloss

synonyms: shine, sheen, luster, gleam, patina, brilliance, shimmer

2

a superficially attractive appearance or impression.

beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life

synonyms: facade, veneer, surface, show, camouflage, disguise, mask, smokescreen, window dressing

3

a translation or explanation of a word or phrase.

For the commonest form of ‘hack’, the OED gives the gloss and etymology.

synonyms: explanation, interpretation, exegesis, explication, elucidation, annotation, note, footnote, commentary, comment, rubric, translation, definition, scholium

verb

1

apply a cosmetic gloss to.

She went natural on the makeup, too, applying just a hint of silvery-lilac shadow to her eyes and glossing up her lips with a frosty pink.

synonyms: make glossy, shine, glaze, polish, burnish

2

try to conceal or disguise (something embarrassing or unfavorable) by treating it briefly or representing it misleadingly.

the social costs of this growth are glossed over

synonyms: conceal, cover up, hide, disguise, mask, veil, shrug off, brush aside, play down, minimize, understate, make light of, brush under the carpet

3

provide an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase for (a text, word, etc.).

He glosses the term as ‘being a colloquial word for anger’.

synonyms: explain, interpret, explicate, define, elucidate, annotate, translate, paraphrase

abbreviation

1

glossary.

noun

shine, sheen, luster, gleam, patina, brilliance, shimmer
facade, veneer, surface, show, camouflage, disguise, mask, smokescreen, window dressing
explanation, interpretation, exegesis, explication, elucidation, annotation, note, footnote, commentary, comment, rubric, translation, definition, scholium
color, semblance
polish, glossiness, burnish
rubric
glossary

verb

make glossy, conceal, explain, comment, color
make glossy, shine, glaze, polish, burnish
conceal, cover up, hide, disguise, mask, veil, shrug off, brush aside, play down, minimize, understate, make light of, brush under the carpet
explain, interpret, explicate, define, elucidate, annotate, translate, paraphrase
comment, annotate
color

Use "gloss" in a sentence

1. High Gloss Film

2. dpi, high-gloss paper

3. dpi, high gloss film

4. Gloss Food/Beverage Grade Enamel Paint, Alkyd, High Gloss Dairy White, 1 gal Item # 6A396; Mfr

5. Long-lasting, Buffable high gloss

6. x#dpi, high gloss film

7. Don't be misled by gloss.

8. x#dpi, high-gloss paper

9. Use a high gloss paint.

10. Her hair has a lovely gloss.

11. This paint has a gloss finish.

12. THERMO SHINE High Gloss Buffable Floor Finish

13. Not all lip gloss is fair trade.

14. Coverall High Gloss Aerosol Spray 14oz

15. Your hair has lost its natural gloss.

16. She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.

17. Shea & Rose Hip gently hydrate & add gloss .

18. 1 Her hair has a lovely gloss.

19. The gel gives your hair a gloss.

20. Gloss acrylic varnishes are available, but the gloss is not as high as that obtained with a polyurethane or oil varnish.

21. Fiberglass Bedsides come standard in semi-gloss white

22. A single-component, high-gloss urethane Alkyd enamel

23. Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.

24. Use over your favourite lipstick to add extra gloss.

25. The Industry standard in high gloss Calendared vinyl

26. Alabastra – Bullnose Edge Laminate Countertop Trim – Gloss Finish

27. Bates #FW132 Bates Women's High Gloss Uniform Oxford

28. Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish Gloss - Mauves.

29. Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish Gloss - Pinks

30. 6 Posturing while she checks her lip gloss.

31. 19 Gloss acrylic varnishes are available, but the gloss is not as high as that obtained with a polyurethane or oil varnish.

32. 1 Marble can be polished to a high gloss.

33. You will be getting some very nice lip gloss.

34. This scandal has taken the gloss off the occasion.

35. The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.

36. 27 The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.

37. Will this paint give a gloss or a matt finish?

38. The paint is available in matt or gloss finish.

39. 3 Use over your favourite lipstick to add extra gloss.

40. Most Pioneer Elite branded electronics have the gloss black "Urushi" finish.

41. Then apply Balmy Gloss overtop for an amazingly slick finish.

42. Clinique Pop Splash Lip Gloss, 11 Air kiss, 0.14 Ounce

43. The new paints are available in gloss and satin finishes.

44. A universe of virtues foretold in those gloss-paper patterns.

45. She rubbed up the silver plates to a high gloss.

46. 17 Check calibration of gloss meter with standard test block.

47. Coverall High Gloss Aerosol Spray 14oz; Slide 1 of 1

48. Give Brochures an elegant finish with matte or gloss coating.

49. 3 The silverware had been polished to a high gloss.

50. We used a gel to add gloss to her hair.