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gloss
  1. (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
  2. (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
  3. (intransitive) To become shiny.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. polish, shine, burnish, buff, smooth, glaze, furbish, rub, grind, dress, smoothen, varnish, lacquer, glance, veneer, finish, make glossy, give a shine to, wax, shellac, coat, enamel, clean, brighten, cover, japan, face, sleek, scour, buff up, rub up, put a shine on, paint, surface, stain, slick, oil, luster, lustre, gild, overlay, glass, rub down, put a finish on, wipe, level, brush, sheen, sand, round … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “She taught Molly how to gloss her lips and rouge her cheeks with a dab of lipstick.”
      “No amount of dinner dates or designer shopping sprees would gloss over the fact that he'd set the tabloids on her as a way to dismantle her father's campaign.”
      “He had a penchant for using of Federalist quotations to gloss the document in his opinions.”
glossed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of gloss
  2. Synonyms:
      3. polished, shone, shined, burnished, buffed, smoothed, glazed, furbished, rubbed, ground, grinded, dressed, drest, smoothened, varnished, lacquered, glanced, veneered, finished, made glossy, gave a shine to, given a shine to, waxed, put a shine on, enamelled, enameled, shellacked, cleaned, brightened, japanned, put a finish on, sleeked, scoured, buffed up, rubbed up, coated, painted, stained, slicked, oiled, lustered, lustred, gilded, gilt, faced, rubbed down, put on a finish, put a gloss on, covered, sharpened … more
glossing
  1. present participle of gloss
  2. Synonyms:
      3. polishing, shining, burnishing, buffing, smoothing, glazing, furbishing, rubbing, grinding, dressing, smoothening, varnishing, lacquering, glancing, veneering, finishing, making glossy, giving a shine to, waxing, shellacking, coating, enamelling, enameling, cleaning, brightening, covering, japanning, facing, sleeking, scouring, buffing up, rubbing up, putting a shine on, painting, surfacing, staining, slicking, oiling, lustering, lustring, gilding, overlaying, glassing, rubbing down, putting a finish on, wiping, levelling, leveling, brushing, sheening … more
gloss
  1. (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. polish, shine, burnish, buff, smooth, glaze, furbish, rub, grind, dress, smoothen, varnish, lacquer, glance, veneer, finish, make glossy, give a shine to, wax, shellac, coat, enamel, clean, brighten, cover, japan, face, sleek, scour, buff up, rub up, put a shine on, paint, surface, stain, slick, oil, luster, lustre, gild, overlay, glass, rub down, put a finish on, wipe, level, brush, sheen, sand, round … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She taught Molly how to gloss her lips and rouge her cheeks with a dab of lipstick.”
      “No amount of dinner dates or designer shopping sprees would gloss over the fact that he'd set the tabloids on her as a way to dismantle her father's campaign.”
      “He had a penchant for using of Federalist quotations to gloss the document in his opinions.”
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