gloss
gloss /gl'ɒs, AM gl'ɔːs/ (glosses glossing glossed)
1 [N-SING]
A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.
Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.
= sheen
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.
Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.
3 [N-SING] a N, usu N on n
If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.
He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated...
4 [N-MASS]
Gloss is the same as gloss paint.
5 [N-MASS]
Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.
She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.
...lip glosses.
6 [VERB] V n as n
If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.
Older editors glossed `drynke' as `love-potion'.gloss over
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly.
Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.gloss paint
[N-UNCOUNT]
Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.lip gloss (lip glosses)
[N-MASS]
Lip gloss is a clear or very slightly coloured substance that some women put on their lips to make them shiny.
1 [N-SING]
A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.
Rain produced a black gloss on the asphalt.
= sheen
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.
Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.
3 [N-SING] a N, usu N on n
If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.
He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated...
4 [N-MASS]
Gloss is the same as gloss paint.
5 [N-MASS]
Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.
She brushed gloss on to her eyelids.
...lip glosses.
6 [VERB] V n as n
If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.
Older editors glossed `drynke' as `love-potion'.gloss over
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly.
Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.gloss paint
[N-UNCOUNT]
Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.lip gloss (lip glosses)
[N-MASS]
Lip gloss is a clear or very slightly coloured substance that some women put on their lips to make them shiny.