Gloss
noun
A shiny surface or appearance on something.
The ceramic vase had a high gloss finish.
Often appears as...
- gloss finish
- high gloss
noun
A short explanation of a difficult word or phrase, often written in the margin or at the foot of a page.
The gloss at the end of the book was helpful in understanding complex words.
Often appears as...
- gloss on something
- gloss terms
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Academic
verb
To give a deceptive or false appearance to something.
He tried to gloss over his mistake.
Often appears as...
- gloss over issues
- gloss over facts
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Disapproving
noun
A cosmetic that adds shine or color to the lips.
I applied some gloss to my lips before the party.
Often appears as...
- lip gloss
- apply gloss
noun
A shiny surface or appearance on something.
The ceramic vase had a high gloss finish.
Often appears as...
- gloss finish
- high gloss
noun
A short explanation of a difficult word or phrase, often written in the margin or at the foot of a page.
The gloss at the end of the book was helpful in understanding complex words.
Often appears as...
- gloss on something
- gloss terms
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To give a deceptive or false appearance to something.
He tried to gloss over his mistake.
Often appears as...
- gloss over issues
- gloss over facts
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A cosmetic that adds shine or color to the lips.
I applied some gloss to my lips before the party.
Often appears as...
- lip gloss
- apply gloss
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Material Reflection
Gloss indicates how much a material reflects light, often associated with cleanliness or newness.
The car's gloss made it look brand new.
Pro Tip 2/2Surface Quality
When describing objects, gloss implies a smooth, often reflective surface texture.
The table's gloss surface reflected the ceiling lights.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Reflection
Gloss indicates how much a material reflects light, often associated with cleanliness or newness.
The car's gloss made it look brand new.
Pro Tip 2/2Surface Quality
When describing objects, gloss implies a smooth, often reflective surface texture.
The table's gloss surface reflected the ceiling lights.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Reflection
Gloss indicates how much a material reflects light, often associated with cleanliness or newness.
The car's gloss made it look brand new.
Pro Tip 2/2Surface Quality
When describing objects, gloss implies a smooth, often reflective surface texture.
The table's gloss surface reflected the ceiling lights.
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Why language is...
The little middle line is the gloss, so it's word for word, that's what it says. And they're actually learning some very fascinating things, especially if they're English speakers. They're learning that a verb can come at the very end of a sentence. Doesn't really do that in English when you have two arguments. They're learning that sometimes
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The building of the...
when you go to the museum and I think this is incredibly important because not all of us feel the same way have the same memories or or have the same perspective depending on where you come from so this is the story that the museum is committed to not glossing over or sugar coating and the fact that they're inviting the world to come and
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Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
they paid attention to and even when for example they incorporated sharks fossilized teeth into their rituals which they did they had the they took the teeth and they dipped them in there were wine goblets and they refer to them as gloss Patraeus Dragon tongue stones they thought they came from dragons and
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First Look PIPE Killing...
what's beautiful about this is it's a real kind of gritty hard-nosed version that strips back all of the kind of the gloss that we're that we're kind of used to and it's not for the faint-hearted I'd call it's about what defines civilizations it's kind of deals with everything this got a bit of everything
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The hilarious art of...
and threw a bucket of water at it. Presto! Then when we went to press, the printer put a spot gloss on the ink and it really looked like it was running. Not long after it came out, Augusten was waylaid in an airport and he was hiding out in the bookstore
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How computers are...
So in that picture, the x and the w are known, and the y is the unknown. I'm glossing over the very difficult part, of course, which is how on earth do we figure out the w, the brain that can do such a thing? How would we ever learn such a model?
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
I would not be taken seriously. I really wanted to wear my shiny lip gloss and my girly skirt, but I decided not to. Instead, I wore a very serious, very manly and very ugly suit. Because the sad truth is that when it comes to appearance
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After the Avalanche:...
I'd come home and we'd gloss over everything and there's this event, this avalanche, going back to it started to appear as the event that sparked this great divide in my life, because it had shot me in one direction upwards.
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Use Your Voice, Vote and...
but it means everything to changing norms in business because it means we're going to start measuring and disclosing what matters. And so I think these things should all give us hope. But let me not gloss over the fact
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Karen Armstrong: 2008...
And "go and study it" was what he meant. He said, "In your exegesis, you must make it clear that every single verse of the Torah is a commentary, a gloss upon the Golden Rule."
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Why language is...
The little middle line is the gloss, so it's word for word, that's what it says. And they're actually learning some very fascinating things, especially if they're English speakers. They're learning that a verb can come at the very end of a sentence. Doesn't really do that in English when you have two arguments. They're learning that sometimes
Video examples
The building of the...
when you go to the museum and I think this is incredibly important because not all of us feel the same way have the same memories or or have the same perspective depending on where you come from so this is the story that the museum is committed to not glossing over or sugar coating and the fact that they're inviting the world to come and
Video examples
Juliet Eilperin: Demon...
they paid attention to and even when for example they incorporated sharks fossilized teeth into their rituals which they did they had the they took the teeth and they dipped them in there were wine goblets and they refer to them as gloss Patraeus Dragon tongue stones they thought they came from dragons and
Video examples
First Look PIPE Killing...
what's beautiful about this is it's a real kind of gritty hard-nosed version that strips back all of the kind of the gloss that we're that we're kind of used to and it's not for the faint-hearted I'd call it's about what defines civilizations it's kind of deals with everything this got a bit of everything
Video examples
The hilarious art of...
and threw a bucket of water at it. Presto! Then when we went to press, the printer put a spot gloss on the ink and it really looked like it was running. Not long after it came out, Augusten was waylaid in an airport and he was hiding out in the bookstore
Video examples
How computers are...
So in that picture, the x and the w are known, and the y is the unknown. I'm glossing over the very difficult part, of course, which is how on earth do we figure out the w, the brain that can do such a thing? How would we ever learn such a model?
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
I would not be taken seriously. I really wanted to wear my shiny lip gloss and my girly skirt, but I decided not to. Instead, I wore a very serious, very manly and very ugly suit. Because the sad truth is that when it comes to appearance
Video examples
After the Avalanche:...
I'd come home and we'd gloss over everything and there's this event, this avalanche, going back to it started to appear as the event that sparked this great divide in my life, because it had shot me in one direction upwards.
Video examples
Use Your Voice, Vote and...
but it means everything to changing norms in business because it means we're going to start measuring and disclosing what matters. And so I think these things should all give us hope. But let me not gloss over the fact
Video examples
Karen Armstrong: 2008...
And "go and study it" was what he meant. He said, "In your exegesis, you must make it clear that every single verse of the Torah is a commentary, a gloss upon the Golden Rule."
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Michael Morpurgo
English Author
When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.
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Jessica Biel
American Actress
On the red carpet, I'm playing a character. As soon as I get off that thing, I think, 'Oof, wipe that gloss off.' I'm wiping and wiping and pulling my hair out and trying to change my outfit. I'm immediately trying to get comfortable. It's really a part I play.
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Jane Jensen
American Designer
For any character, male or female, I think it's important to have... it's cliche to say a flawed character, but to really think about the good and the bad and make sure that both are present, and it doesn't just become a glossed over icon of perfection.
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Shweta Basu Prasad
Indian Actress
Human mind has way too many shades. It would be so boring if this world was all sugar and gloss, just happy, colourful lives. People singing songs is not always the reality. Just like happiness and love, people also feel wrath, jealousy and vengeance!
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Maria Brink
American Musician
I wear like lip gloss and my hair is always really natural, and I'm a really kind of natural free spirit in my everyday life who has crystals and I burn sage, and I think I find a lot of calming beauty in that stuff.
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Pete Waterman
English Producer
Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.
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Ashley Wagner
American Athlete
Covergirl is my sponsor, and they have been so helpful in supplying me with their wonderful products. I love their blush, mascara and lip gloss.
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Martin Short
American Actor
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.
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Jami Gertz
American Actress
Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic.
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Patti D'Arbanville
American Actress
How long can you gloss everything over and give people the idea that life is a sitcom?
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Michael Morpurgo
English Author
When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.
Quote examples
Jessica Biel
American Actress
On the red carpet, I'm playing a character. As soon as I get off that thing, I think, 'Oof, wipe that gloss off.' I'm wiping and wiping and pulling my hair out and trying to change my outfit. I'm immediately trying to get comfortable. It's really a part I play.
Quote examples
Jane Jensen
American Designer
For any character, male or female, I think it's important to have... it's cliche to say a flawed character, but to really think about the good and the bad and make sure that both are present, and it doesn't just become a glossed over icon of perfection.
Quote examples
Shweta Basu Prasad
Indian Actress
Human mind has way too many shades. It would be so boring if this world was all sugar and gloss, just happy, colourful lives. People singing songs is not always the reality. Just like happiness and love, people also feel wrath, jealousy and vengeance!
Quote examples
Maria Brink
American Musician
I wear like lip gloss and my hair is always really natural, and I'm a really kind of natural free spirit in my everyday life who has crystals and I burn sage, and I think I find a lot of calming beauty in that stuff.
Quote examples
Pete Waterman
English Producer
Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.
Quote examples
Ashley Wagner
American Athlete
Covergirl is my sponsor, and they have been so helpful in supplying me with their wonderful products. I love their blush, mascara and lip gloss.
Quote examples
Martin Short
American Actor
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.
Quote examples
Jami Gertz
American Actress
Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic.
Quote examples
Patti D'Arbanville
American Actress
How long can you gloss everything over and give people the idea that life is a sitcom?
Example 1 of 10
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