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| gloss | |
| 1. n. A surface shine or luster/lustre |  |
| 2. n. (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance | |
| 3. v. To give a gloss or sheen to. | |
| 4. v. To make (something) attractive by deception | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To become shiny. | |
| 6. n. A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a te | |
| 7. n. A glossary; a collection of such notes. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment. | |
| 9. n. An extensive commentary on some text. | |
| 10. n. A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied | |
| 11. n. (legal, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law | |
| 12. v. To add a gloss to (a text). | |
