Dictionary Entry
gloss
gloss is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
- 3transitive verb
To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
- 4noun
A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
- 5noun
An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
- 6noun
A false or specious explanation.
- 7transitive verb
To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
- 8transitive verb
To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
- 9intransitive verb
To make comments; to comment; to explain.
- 10intransitive verb
To make sly remarks, or insinuations.
- 11plural
of Glossa
- 12noun
an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
"he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"
"he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"
- 13noun
the property of being smooth and shiny
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- 14noun
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
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- 15noun
an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
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- 16verb
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
"color a lie"
- 17verb
provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
- 18verb
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
"He annotated on what his teacher had written"
- 19verb
give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
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