(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a bright shine on the surface of something.
Rain produced a black ~ on the asphalt.
= sheen
N-SING
2.
Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.
Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the ~ for the content.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you put a ~ on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.
He used his diary to put a fine ~ on the horrors the regime perpetrated...
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4.
Gloss is the same as ~ paint .
N-MASS
5.
Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.
She brushed ~ on to her eyelids.
...lip ~es.
N-MASS
6.
If you ~ a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.
Older editors ~ed ‘drynke’ as ‘love-potion’.
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