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Exact Match:

gloss

an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

Synonyms:

• abuse of terms,
• acting,
• affectation,
• afterglow,
• air glow,
• alibi,
• allowance,
• amplification,
• analysis,
• annotate,
• annotation,
• apology,
• apparatus criticus,
• appearance,
• apply paint,
• attitudinizing,
• bedaub,
• bedizen,
• begild,
• belie,
• besmear,
• bilingual text,
• biographical dictionary,
• blind,
• bluff,
• bluffing,
• brightness,
• brush on paint,
• buff,
• burnish,
• butter,
• calcimine,
• camouflage,
• candescence,
• catachresis,
• cheating,
• chemical dictionary,
• clavis,
• cloak,
• coat,
• color,
• coloring,
• comment,
• comment upon,
• commentary,
• commentate,
• commentation,
• complexion,
• conceal,
• contort,
• contorting,
• cover,
• cover story,
• cover up,
• cover-up,
• creamy,
• crib,
• critical review,
• criticism,
• criticize,
• critique,
• cursoriness,
• dab,
• daub,
• deception,
• decipherment,
• decoding,
• decontamination,
• deep-dye,
• define,
• definition,
• delicate,
• delusion,
• desk dictionary,
• device,
• dialect dictionary,
• dictionary,
• dictionary of quotations,
• dip,
• disguise,
• dissemblance,
• dissembling,
• dissimulation,
• distemper,
• distort,
• distortion,
• double-dye,
• dress up,
• dye,
• edit,
• editorial,
• eggshell,
• eisegesis,
• electronics dictionary,
• elucidate,
• elucidation,
• embellish,
• emblazon,
• embroider,
• enamel,
• engild,
• epidermis,
• error,
• etymological dictionary,
• excuse,
• exegesis,
• explain,
• explanation,
• explicate,
• explication,
• extenuating circumstances,
• extenuation,
• extenuative,
• exteriority,
• facade,
• face,
• faithful translation,
• fakery,
• faking,
• false air,
• false appearance,
• false front,
• false show,
• falsify,
• falsity,
• fast-dye,
• feigning,
• feint,
• finish,
• flat,
• flush,
• footnote,
• foreign-language dictionary,
• four-flushing,
• fraud,
• free translation,
• fresco,
• front,
• fudge,
• furbish,
• garble,
• garbling,
• gazetteer,
• general dictionary,
• geological dictionary,
• get one wrong,
• get wrong,
• gild,
• gilding,
• gilt,
• glance,
• glaze,
• gleam,
• glint,
• gloss,
• gloss over,
• glossary,
• glossiness,
• glow,
• gradus,
• grain,
• guise,
• handle,
• hide,
• hue,
• humbug,
• humbuggery,
• illuminate,
• imbue,
• imposture,
• incandescence,
• ingrain,
• interlinear,
• interlinear translation,
• interpret,
• interpretation,
• iridescent,
• japan,
• key,
• lacquer,
• lame excuse,
• lay on,
• lay on color,
• leader,
• leading article,
• lexicon,
• light,
• locus standi,
• loose translation,
• luster,
• make an edition,
• malentendu,
• malobservation,
• mask,
• masquerade,
• mellow,
• mere scratch,
• meretriciousness,
• metaphrase,
• misapplication,
• misapply,
• misapprehend,
• misapprehension,
• miscitation,
• miscite,
• miscolor,
• misconceive,
• misconception,
• misconstruction,
• misconstrue,
• misdeem,
• misexplain,
• misexplanation,
• misexplicate,
• misexplication,
• misexposition,
• misexpound,
• misintelligence,
• misinterpret,
• misinterpretation,
• misjudge,
• misjudgment,
• misquotation,
• misquote,
• misread,
• misreading,
• misrender,
• misrendering,
• misreport,
• misrepresent,
• misstate,
• mistake,
• mistranslate,
• mistranslation,
• misunderstand,
• misunderstanding,
• misuse of words,
• mitigation,
• mother-of-pearl,
• nacreous,
• no depth,
• no water,
• nomenclator,
• notation,
• note,
• note of explanation,
• notice,
• onomasticon,
• opalescent,
• ostensible motive,
• ostentation,
• outward show,
• overstate,
• paint,
• pale,
• palliation,
• palliative,
• paraphrase,
• parget,
• pastel,
• patina,
• patinaed,
• pearly,
• perversion,
• pervert,
• phrase book,
• pigment,
• pinprick,
• playacting,
• polish,
• polyglot dictionary,
• pony,
• poor excuse,
• pose,
• posing,
• posture,
• pretense,
• pretension,
• pretext,
• prime,
• protestation,
• public motive,
• put-off,
• qualification,
• quiet,
• refuge,
• remark,
• remark upon,
• report,
• representation,
• restatement,
• review,
• rewording,
• rhyming dictionary,
• rind,
• rub,
• running commentary,
• sad,
• scholium,
• science dictionary,
• scour,
• scratch,
• screen,
• seeming,
• semblance,
• semigloss,
• shade,
• shadow,
• shallowness,
• sham,
• sheen,
• shellac,
• shine,
• shininess,
• shining light,
• shoaliness,
• show,
• silkiness,
• simple,
• simulacrum,
• simulation,
• skin,
• skylight,
• slang dictionary,
• slant,
• slap on,
• slather,
• sleek,
• sleekness,
• slick,
• slick down,
• slickness,
• slightness,
• slop on paint,
• smear,
• smear on,
• smoke screen,
• smooth over,
• sober,
• soft,
• soft-colored,
• soft-hued,
• softened,
• softening,
• somber,
• specialized dictionary,
• speciousness,
• spread on,
• spread with,
• squeeze,
• squeezing,
• stain,
• stalking-horse,
• stipple,
• strain,
• strain the sense,
• stratagem,
• subdued,
• subterfuge,
• subtle,
• sunset glow,
• superficiality,
• superficies,
• surface,
• sweet,
• synonym dictionary,
• synonymy,
• tar,
• tender,
• thesaurus,
• tinct,
• tincture,
• tinge,
• tint,
• titivate,
• tone,
• torture,
• torturing,
• transcription,
• translate,
• translation,
• transliteration,
• treasury of words,
• trick,
• trick out,
• triviality,
• trot,
• twist,
• twist the words,
• twisting,
• unabridged dictionary,
• undercoat,
• understate,
• varnish,
• veil,
• veneer,
• vocabulary,
• wash,
• wax,
• whitewash,
• whitewashing,
• window dressing,
• word of explanation,
• wordbook,
• wrench,
• wrenching,
• write-up