| Gloss: English to English |
| Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation. |
| Gloss (n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. |
| Gloss (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. |
| Gloss (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. |
| Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. |
| Gloss (v. i.) To make comments; to comment; to explain. |
| Gloss (v. i.) To make sly remarks, or insinuations. |
| Gloss (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. |
| Gloss (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. |
| Gloss (v. t.) To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate. |