Past tense of gloss
regular verb
The past tense of gloss is glossed. The past participle is also glossed.
Forms of gloss
| Base form (V1) | gloss /ɡlɒs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | glossed |
| Past participle (V3) | glossed |
| Present participle | glossing |
| Third person singular | glosses |
Glossed in a sentence
- They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.From the entry gloss over
- A technical word, such as hyperkalemia or hypoallergenic, can be glossed for general audiences with a circumlocution, such as "high potassium level" or "less likely to cause allergies" (respectively).From the entry circumlocution
- By the fifteenth century a yedding is glossed as a romance.2013, Marcelle Theibaux, The Writings of Medieval Women, 2nd Edition: An Anthology. From the entry yedding
- Not so much glossed over as blanketly ignored.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 161. From the entry blanketly
- I hadn't even realized what I had done in the original poems, but yes, I glossed over, and yes, made pretty.2009, Kate Eichhorn, Heather Milne, Prismatic Publics. From the entry ungloss
Meaning of gloss
- noun A surface shine or luster.
- noun A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
- verb To give a gloss or sheen to.
Questions about the past tense of gloss
- What is the past tense of gloss?
- The past tense of gloss is glossed.
- What is the past participle of gloss?
- The past participle of gloss is glossed.
- Is gloss a regular or irregular verb?
- Gloss is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gloss (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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