Definition of 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.
• n. - A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
• v. t. - To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
• n. - A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
• n. - An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
• n. - A false or specious explanation.
• v. t. - To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
• v. t. - To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
• v. i. - To make comments; to comment; to explain.
• v. i. - To make sly remarks, or insinuations.