The Meaning of gloss

• (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.
• (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
• (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
• (n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
• (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
• (n.) A false or specious explanation.
• (v. t.) To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
• (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
• (v. i.) To make comments; to comment; to explain.
• (v. i.) To make sly remarks, or insinuations.

Synonyms

burnish , semblance , rubric , statute title , colour , title , glossiness , polish , color , glossary , culture , cultivation , finish , refinement , coloring , colouring , illusion , coloring material , people of colour , vividness , colouring material , likeness , coloration , colouration , people of color , annotate , comment , remark , footnote , notice , point out , color in , colorize , emblazon , colorise , discolor , tinge , colourise , colourize , discolour , colour in , distort , smooth , smoothen , shine

Homophones

glauce

Rhymes

aase , abbas , across , albatross , alsace , amoss , applesauce , blas , bloss , bos , boss , bosse , bras , bross , caguas , chandross , chavous , clauss , clos , closs , cos , coss , criss-cross , crisscross , cros , cross , crosse , dazs , demoss , devoss , dos , doss , dross , emboss , fauss , floss , foss , fosse , fross , goss , gosse , grosse , haas , haase , haass , hahs , hamas , hammas , hasse , hawse , helios , hoss , hot-cross , joss , kaas , kiryas , kjos , klaas , klos , kloss , knauss , knosp , knous , kos , koss , kross , lacoss , lacrosse , lafosse , las , loss , mauss , mohs , moss , nauss , noss , os , oss , pangloss , ploss , pos , pross , recross , ros , ross , rosse , sauce , schloss , semigloss , sloss , soss , stauss , stoss , tomas , toss , vandross , vanoss , vause , vohs , vos , voss , vyas , wass