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• This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.From the entry eggshell
• They glossed over the problem, hoping that the customers wouldn't notice.From the entry gloss over
• This book only glosses over quantum mechanics; it doesn't go into detail.From the entry gloss over
• Each illustration in the dictionary is accompanied by a sign gloss, like CAT or HAPPY.From the entry sign gloss
• Sign glosses for Hong Kong Sign Language are usually in Cantonese.From the entry sign gloss
• When interpolating an explanatory gloss, please enclose it in square brackets to make clear that it is interpolated.From the entry interpolate
• 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
• A failure to acknowledge heterogeneity results in overgeneralization which has been previously referred to as ethnic gloss.2024 January 1, Artie Evan J. White, “Racial Discrimination, School Racial Composition, and Anxiety Symptoms in American Indian…. From the entry ethnic gloss
• It wasn't a full gloss, but appeared to have a balm-like finish, a pretty touch of shine.2020 January 9, Annie Vischer, “Meghan Markle’s Latest Make-Up Look Decoded”, in Grazia, London: Bauer Consumer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry lippy
• 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
• As a gloss on this line, Partridge cites the undictionaried proverb 'A standing prick hath no conscience.'2011, Randall Martin, Katherine West Scheil, Shakespeare / Adaptation / Modern Drama, page 148. From the entry undictionaried
• The fireplace is currently painted fire engine red with a high gloss finish.2006, Mi-Ling Stone Poole, Ask Mi-ling!: When You Want the Truth About Decorating, page 2. From the entry fire engine red
• The only candidate for adverbhood seems to be schnell, as indicated by the English gloss.1986, Studies in Language, volume 10, page 30. From the entry adverbhood
• Zand or 'Interpretation' is a term for the exegesis of Avestan texts through glosses, commentaries and translations.1984, Mary Boyce, Textual Sources for the Study of Zoroastrianism, Manchester: UP, page 3. From the entry Zend
• First of all, they’re just about the most humongously huge lip glosses you’ll ever run across.1977 December 20, “Bonne Bell… cosmetics for young women of all ages”, in Great Falls Tribune, 92nd year, number 221, Great Falls, Mont.…. From the entry humongously
• He returns immaculate in the evening with the gloss still on his hat and his boots.1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Problem”, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes…. From the entry showery
• Not so much glossed over as blanketly ignored.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 161. From the entry blanketly
• Such a pairing allows for matching the gloss with the specific location in the text where its comment should be considered.2016 October 3, “It’s A Wrap”, in Research Group on Manuscript Evidence. From the entry paraph
• There is also evidence of glossing (or farsing) the texts of the Epistles read in the masses of the Christmas Octave.2010, Frank C. Senn, The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy, page 138. From the entry farse
• 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
• These glossaria are alphabetically arranged according to the Latin lemmata and include explicatory glosses in a vernacular language.2006, E. K. Brown, Anne Anderson, editors, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry glossarium
• If DIYing you can use a permanent hair colour to cover grey or just give your hair even tone and gloss.2004, Rachel Cunningham-Day, The Girls’ Guide to Wealth, upublish.com, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry DIYing
• Braid-outs can feel dry or look frizzy, so be sure to use your hair oil and gloss daily.2004, Nicole Elizabeth Smith, Healthy Black Hair, Bloomfield Hills: Panacea Publishing, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry sleep cap
• Sanchez glosses Garrula quo comix with the familiar warning against female loquacity — "silence adorns virgins, chattering unadorns them"2000, Dana E. Stewart, Alison Cornish, Sparks and Seeds: Medieval Literature and Its Afterlife. From the entry unadorn
• Flatting agents reduces gloss by scattering reflected light.1998, Bob Flexner, Understanding Wood Finishing: How to Select and Apply the Right Finish, page 132. From the entry flatting
• To the best of the author's knowledge, the measurement of mattness or gloss has not been done 'on-line'.1995, W. G. Simpson, Plastics: Surface and Finish, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry mattness
• I don’t think I have to gloss the true anaclitic purport behind your need to humiliate a woman doctor symbolically.1982, Fowles, Mantissa. From the entry anaclitic
• When a term such as Hispanics is used to describe this diverse group as a single entity, this is known as an ethnic gloss.2024, Diane E. Papalia and Gabriela Martorell Notley, Eperience Human Developement, Fifteenth Edition, page 16. From the entry ethnic gloss
• Bespoke combinations of kanji can also be created, because the intended phonetic and semantic readings can be supplied by the rubi glosses.2012, Nana Sato-Rossberg, Judy Wakabayashi, Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context, page 158. From the entry rubi
• There is whooping and squirrel-watching and rock-throwing —— an au courant tomboyism that remains free of mocking contemporaries for wearing lip gloss.2008 May 11, “Something Wild”, in New York Times. From the entry tomboyism
• A product that has many uses, including that of lip gloss, under-eye moisturizer and makeup-remover, also comes in handy as a stain-preventer.2001 June 7, Jean Patteson, “Prevention is the best cure for dye stains”, in Orlando Sentinel, page E4, column 1. From the entry makeup-remover
• Fillets of perch gratineeed over silky homemade noodles, and salmon or chicken poached in riesling, then glossed with a sheer cream sauce, couldn't be better.1999 November 21, “Alsace, Where German Gemtlichkeit Meets French Finesse”, in The New York Times. From the entry gratinéeed
• At the same time, we must not be uncritical of 'peacespeak' which sometimes glosses over the stark realities of painful choices in a fallen world.1989 April, David Lyon, “Against The Stream”, in Third Way, volume 12, number 4, page 17. From the entry peacespeak
• The lexicomane will remain similarly frustrated when he comes to pursue such glosses as those of denationalization, Adabei, and Wulst in the sense of 'bead'.1984, Quinquereme, page 233. From the entry lexicomane
• The Politician largely benefits from the heightened elements that are downright Murphian in tone and aesthetic: There’s no shortage of gloss, entitlement, absurdly decadent scenery, and intrigue, intrigue, intrigue.2019 September 23, Shannon Miller, “Ryan Murphy's The Politician is decadent, entertaining, but kind of a mess”, in The A.V. Club. From the entry Murphian
• Disillusioned that her telephone diplomacy with Putin failed, she's poised to go for more, to push her reputation as a tough Merkelvellian with the gloss of Mutti, a mother.2014 April 23, Suzanne Fields, “A Cold German Spring for Merkel and Putin”, in The Washington Times. From the entry Merkelvellian
• Though the Muse of higher learning cannot be cloned, she allows the prophet, rebel, and poet to soar, and the scholiast to weave intricate threadworks of commentary and gloss.2005, William David Shaw, Babel and the ivory tower: the scholar in the age of science, page xii. From the entry threadwork

Meaning of gloss

1. noun A surface shine or luster.
2. noun A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
3. verb To give a gloss or sheen to.

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How do you use gloss in a sentence?

Gloss is used as a noun and verb. For example: “This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.”

What is a short sentence with gloss?

“Flatting agents reduces gloss by scattering reflected light.”

What does gloss mean?

Gloss means a surface shine or luster.