n. 1 explanation, interpretation, exegesis, explication, definition, elucidation, comment, commentary, annotation, critique, criticism, analysis, footnote; translation Some editions of Shakespeare give glosses of difficult words and phrases at the foot of each page
v. 2 comment on or upon, explain, interpret, explicate, define, elucidate, annotate, criticize, analyse, review, US critique; translate Johnson was not the first to gloss the word 'pastern' 3 See gloss(1), 4, above.