Definitions for glosses

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glosses gloss

Spelling: [glos, glaws]

IPA: /glɒs, glɔs/

Glosses is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in glosses (eglosss).

Definitions for glosses

noun

1. a superficial luster or shine; glaze:
2. a false or deceptively good appearance.
3. Also, glosser. a cosmetic that adds sheen or luster, especially one for the lips.
4. an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
5. a series of verbal interpretations of a text.
6. a glossary.
7. an artfully misleading interpretation.

verb (used with object)

1. to put a gloss upon.
2. to give a false or deceptively good appearance to:
3. to insert glosses on; annotate.
4. to place (a word) in a gloss.
5. to give a specious interpretation of; explain away (often followed by over or away):

verb (used without object)

1. to make glosses.

Origin of glosses

1530-40; probably akin to Dutch gloos glowing, Middle High German glosen to glow, shine, Swedish dialect glysa to shine

Examples for glosses

This filler should be very thin and leave only a suggestion of gloss.

gloss: Note that this question asks a scientist to take a “position” on the “origins of the universe.”

He also said health care providers should not gloss over possible or suspect cases.

Nor did he try to gloss over or strive to nullify his own dishonorable actions.

What could gloss over the base return he made them for all their hospitalities and attention?

“I have never considered modeling an actual job title,” she told Into the gloss.

One does not care to own a girl as tall as that while the gloss is on one's hair.

All three outlets remained fixated on surgery, and seemed to only gloss over questions of identity.

They draw this distinction when it is too late, and use it as a quibble to gloss over their fault.

In March, popular beauty site Into the gloss even published a how-to on getting blue-tinted hair.