Gloss

What do we mean by gloss?

A surface shininess or luster. noun

A kind of paint that dries to a shiny finish. noun

A cosmetic that adds shine or luster, such as lip gloss. noun

A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance or good reputation. noun

To give a bright sheen or luster to. transitive verb

To apply a gloss to. transitive verb

To make attractive or acceptable by deception or superficial treatment. phrasal verb

A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or technical expression usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text or manuscript. noun

A collection of such notes; a glossary. noun

An extensive commentary, often accompanying a text or publication. noun

A purposefully misleading interpretation or explanation. noun

To provide (an expression or a text) with a gloss or glosses. transitive verb

To give a false interpretation to. transitive verb

To give a superficial luster to; make smooth and shining: as, to gloss cloth; to gloss a horse's coat.

Hence To impart a specious appearance to; hide under a smooth false show.

In leather manufacturing, a preparation which gives leather its final polish or finish. noun

A word in the text of an author, especially a foreign author, requiring explanation. noun

The explanation, translation, or definition of such a word; an explanatory note or remark upon some word or passage in a text, especially one written in the margin, or, as was the practice with the earliest glosses, between the lines. noun

Hence An artfully misleading or false explanation. noun

A surface shine or luster/lustre

A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance

Background information on something or someone; basic facts in order to get a take (probably from "glossary", the part of a book which lists sources of information) Urban Dictionary

To give a nickname to someone. Urban Dictionary

A new way to say hype or ill Urban Dictionary

A womens vagina and or pussy Urban Dictionary

A state of extreme highness in which ones eyes are quite shiny and appear glossy. Urban Dictionary

To be put in check or corrective action by discipline. Urban Dictionary

To shine Urban Dictionary

The act of passionately stroking an object or being up to two times. Can only be suductive or friendly, eye contact and language determine the difference. No more them two strokes or it would be referred to as "petting." Urban Dictionary

To suck a guy's dick until he cums, after the two of you have been fucking and he hasn't cum yet. To stop fucking to finish a guy off by sucking his dick. Urban Dictionary

The act of becoming gross and or referring to something that is gross. Also pertains to trying to make a joke from storytelling but end up tripping on your own words (i.e. your brain and your mouth not being able to keep up with each other) and in turn the word gross gets reverse-Asianized and is heard as GLOSS. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to gloss:
gloss, loss, glass, gross, floss, glows, goss, glos, sloss, kloss, bloss, globs, closs, ploss, glose, glosa, gless, glost, gliss, glss, gtoss, geoss, gloms, glops, gfoss, glosts.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gloss:
palpus, foreleg, femora, medially, inwardly, tarsal, labial, specular, shining, distally, tibia, laterally, tuft, calipers, costal, thorax, astm, cilia, fascia, matte, varnish, femur, haze, banded, bluish, satin, forewing, basal, bending, grille, lined, lip, reddish, indistinct, glitter, yellowish, apical, collar, anal, whitish, medial, dorsum, blackish, glossy, transverse, metallic, pale, oblique, underside, faint, mama, distinctly, gospels, trim, reflection, segment, enamel, longitudinal, lips, accents, fuscous, abdomen, segments, chrome, legs, polished, costa, paint, coating, grammatical, dark, measurement, feathers, alloy, apex, brown, shine, grey, wheels, broadly, finish, white, darker, fold, mirrors, ceramic, maple, patch, transparent, optional, streak, brake, narrow, dorsal, leather, purple, black, badge, neck, steering.

Words that rhyme with gloss:
cross, sauce, across, loss, boss, moss, toss, dross, albatross, os, voss, cos, crisscross, ross, grosse, emboss, dos, floss, helios, come across, hoss, lacrosse, doss, fosse, kos, joss, foss, hawse, pos, bos, tawse, goss, applesauce, alsace, oss, crosse, mos, abbas, ros, criss-cross, put one across, hausse, chili sauce, bosque, schloss, las, bras, double cross, blas, recross, cut across, coss, poss, hamas, get across, soss, irish moss, pangloss, stoss, vos, red cross, clos, tomas, at a loss, sloss, pasta sauce, krause, kaas, haas, memory loss, mohs, knosp, semigloss, brown sauce, white sauce, gosse, spanish moss, bloss, rosse, southern cross, tartar sauce, caguas, cross-, duck sauce, straw boss, hahs, koss, spaghetti sauce, dental floss, noss, maltese cross, run across, closs, hot sauce, apple sauce, plum sauce, bosse, kloss, soy sauce, betsy ross.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gloss:
high, marginal, english, interlinear, explanatory, slight, later, higher, semi, clear, fine, black, lip, green, low, beautiful, superficial, metallic, false, mere, red, brilliant, greenish, newest, interesting, judicial, better, final, dull, excellent, specular, purple, late, shiny, silky, pink, positive, bright, blue, fresh, useful, sickle, faint, like, standard, rich, brief, christian, dark, latin, ordinary, brown, smooth, purplish, interpretative, scientific, golden, spanish, romantic, silvery, ideological, editorial, interpretive, secondary, century, light, transparent, usual.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective gloss:
finish, paint, enamel, finishes, paints, mixing, surface, paper, varnish, enamels, surfaces, retention, wares, coatings, glaze, lacquer, pottery, polyurethane, sheen, coating, medium, polish, shine, oil, floor, glazes, ware, measurement, look, coat, measurements, films, min, film, color, appearance, inks, fragment, stock, papers, fragments, ink, floors, black, fig, products, anthrax, bracket, meter, contour, colors, brackets, walls, frit, specimens, inside, pages, tiles, dist, image, slip, verb, sulphate, mat, bar, foil, latex, murals, traces, comp, sext, wood, commentary, starch, magazines, printing, laminate, luster, satine, drab, plated, noun, primer, satin, overall, resin, meters.

Consonant match to gloss:
glass, glace, glas, gliss, gless, gloss-.

Words that sound like gloss:
gloss, glauce, glosse, gloss-, glos, glass, glas, glace, gliss, glasse, glis, gless, glaus, closs, kloss, clauss, glows, glaze, glossy, clos, klaas, goss, glossed, klaus, clouse, glues, glees, glosser, glase, glose, klos, glaw, gloze, glaux, glosso, gleis, gleys, glossae, glosso-, glx, close, class, claws, clause, claus, clas, clous, classe, klass, clus, cleese, klas, cluse, klasse, klus, clis, klis, -clase, gauss, gosse, glossa, glost, glaa, glauser, gohs, gas, glance, geese, gauze, gass, glassed, gis, gla, gause, gillis, claas, eyeglass, gallus, gaius, gaus, giss, gesse, glass eye, gaws, glacer, clowes, geise, gallous, gasse, geiss, glah, galus, galice, ghess, cloughs, gallice, gelose, e-glass, eagless, gewiss.