GLOSS OVER

Meaning of GLOSS OVER in English

try to conceal or pass over (something unfavourable).

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

GLOSS OVER — embellish, smooth over; touch up, alter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GLOSS OVER — If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLOSS OVER — If you ~ a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GLOSS OVER — Synonyms and related words : account, allow for, be caught napping, be neglectful, be negligent, becloud, befog, belie, blanket, blind, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GLOSS OVER — {v.} To try to make what is wrong or bad seem right or not important; try to make a thing …
Slang English vocab
GLOSS OVER — Function: verb Synonyms: PALLIATE , blanch (over), extenuate, gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash Related Words: account, explain, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GLOSS OVER — Disguise, varnish, color, palliate, endeavor to excuse, extenuate, make plausible.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
GLOSS OVER — verb Synonyms: palliate , blanch (over), extenuate, gloze (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash Related Word: account, explain, justify, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GLOSS OVER — See ↑ TALK 16
Longman Activator English vocab
GLOSS OVER — {v.} To try to make what is wrong or bad seem right or not important; try to make a thing …
Словарь английских идиом
GLOSS OVER — cover faults or errors, cover up Jill won't gloss over your errors. She'll tell you about them.
English Idioms vocab
GLOSS OVER — cover faults or errors, cover up Jill won't gloss over your errors. She'll tell you about them.
English Idioms vocabulary
GLOSS OVER — v. To try to make what is wrong or bad seem right or not important; try to make a thing …
American Idioms English vocabulary
GLOSS OVER — гл. служить оправданием, извинением Syn : extenuate, palliate, whitewash Ant : enhance, exaggerate, heighten, intensify прикрашивать [-красить]
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLOSS OVER — гл.служить оправданием, извинением Syn:extenuate, palliate, whitewash Ant:enhance, exaggerate, heighten, intensify
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GLOSS OVER — истолковывать благоприятно, приукрашивать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GLOSS OVER — истолковывать благоприятно, приукрашивать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GLOSS OVER — гл. служить оправданием, извинением Syn: extenuate , palliate , whitewash Ant: enhance , exaggerate , heighten , intensify
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
GLOSS OVER — гл. служить оправданием, извинением Syn: extenuate, palliate, whitewash Ant: enhance, exaggerate, heighten, intensify
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GLOSS OVER — прикрашивать служить оправданием, извинением истолковывать благоприятно
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
GLOSS OVER — замять, утрясти: . John broke the vase and Mick tried to gloss it over by saying it wouldn't cost much …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
GLOSS OVER — замять, утрясти: . John broke the vase and Mick tried to gloss it over by saying it wouldn't cost much …
English Russian slang dictionary
GLOSS OVER — v. замять, утрясти: John broke the vase and Mick tried to gloss it over by saying it wouldn't cost much …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
GLOSS OVER — гл. служить оправданием, извинением Syn : extenuate, palliate, whitewash Ant : enhance, exaggerate, heighten, intensify прикрашивать [-красить]
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GLOSS OVER — прикрашивать [-красить]
Англо-Русский словарь
OVER — I. |ōvə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubari, ubiri, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLOSS — I. ˈgläs, -ȯ- noun ( -es ) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic glossi flame, spark, glossa to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLOSS — (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
Английский словарь Webster
GLOSS — (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is …
Английский словарь Webster
GLOSS — ( v. t. ) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOSS — ( n. ) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — /oh"veuhr/ , prep. 1. above in place or position: the roof over one's head. 2. above and to the other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GLOSS — gloss 1 — glossless , adj. /glos, glaws/ , n. 1. a superficial luster or shine; glaze: the gloss of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — I. ˈō-vər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubar (preposition) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GLOSS — I. ˈgläs, ˈglȯs noun Etymology: akin to Middle High German glosen to glow, shine; akin to Old English geolu yellow …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVER — adv from inside to outside, above or across the brim. 2. over ·adv at an end; beyond the limit of …
Webster English vocab
GLOSS — noun a false or specious explanation. 2. gloss ·vi to make sly remarks, or insinuations. 3. gloss ·noun a specious …
Webster English vocab
OVER- — [over-] prefix 1: so as to exceed or surpass "overachieve" 2: excessive "overstimulation" 3: to an excessive degree "overthin"over.ab.stract over.abun.dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GLOSS — [gloss] n [prob. of Scand origin; akin to Icel glossa to glow; akin to OE geolu yellow] (1538) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — / ˈəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adverb , preposition , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLOSS — / glɒs; NAmE glɔːs; glɑːs/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , sing. ] a shine on a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. o ‧ ver 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊvə $ ˈoʊvər/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ofer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GLOSS — I. gloss 1 /ɡlɒs $ ɡlɒːs, ɡlɑːs/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-2, 5-6: Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GLOSS — n. & v. n. 1 a surface shine or lustre. b an instance of this; a smooth finish. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1. …
Oxford English vocab
GLOSS — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a surface shine or lustre. b an instance of this; a smooth finish. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT /oʊvə(r)/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GLOSS — ( glosses, glossing, glossed) 1. A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something. Rain produced a black …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GLOSS — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. A ~ is a bright shine on the surface of something. Rain produced a black ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLOSS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lip gloss COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE high ▪ Examples of this are high …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GLOSS — (EXPLANATION) [noun] [C], [verb] [T] - (to provide) an explanation for a word or phraseThere is a special edition of …
Cambridge English vocab
GLOSS — Synonyms and related words : abuse of terms, acting, affectation, afterglow, air glow, alibi, allowance, amplification, analysis, annotate, annotation, apology, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — adj. run over run through or over all over bend over blanch over boil over bowl over check over come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — I. adverb 1. from one point to another across intervening space sailed over to the island Synonyms: across, athwart, beyond, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GLOSS — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear , high ▪ Use a high ~ paint. ▪ lip (usually lipgloss ) VERB + GLOSS …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
OVER — See ↑ ABOVE 1, ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ MORE 2, ↑ ON/ON TOP OF 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
OVER — adj. 25B6; preposition there will be cloud over most of the country : ABOVE, on top of, higher (up) than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GLOSS — n. 25B6; noun the gloss of her hair : SHINE, sheen, lustre, gleam, patina, brilliance, shimmer. beneath the gloss of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — prep. 1 above, on, upon, on top of, atop (of) She spread a tarpaulin over the boat to protect it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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