gloss

/ɡlɑs/ · noun

Meaning

A surface shine or luster/lustre
A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance
To give a gloss or sheen to.
To make (something) attractive by deception
To become shiny.
A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
A glossary; a collection of such notes.
An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.
An extensive commentary on some text.
A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law
To add a gloss to (a text).

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