Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gloss
Gloss
gloss
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a surface shine or lustre. b an instance of this; a smooth finish. 2 a deceptively attractive appearance. b an instance of this. 3 (in full gloss paint) paint formulated to give a hard glossy finish (cf. MATT). --v.tr. make glossy. Phrases and idioms gloss over 1 seek to conceal beneath a false appearance. 2 conceal or evade by mentioning briefly or misleadingly. Derivatives glosser n. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a an explanatory word or phrase inserted between the lines or in the margin of a text. b a comment, explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase. 2 a misrepresentation of another's words. 3 a a glossary. b an interlinear translation or annotation. --v. 1 tr. a add a gloss or glosses to (a text, word, etc.). b read a different sense into; explain away. 2 intr. (often foll. by on) make (esp. unfavourable) comments. 3 intr. write or introduce glosses. Derivatives glosser n. Etymology: alt. of GLOZE after med.L glossa
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I. noun Etymology: akin to Middle High German glosen to glow, shine; akin to Old English geolu yellow Date: 1538 a surface luster or brightness ; shine, 2. a deceptively attractive appearance , bright often superficial attractiveness , a transparent cosmetic preparation for adding shine and usually color to the lips, II. transitive verb Date: 1656 1. to mask the true nature of ; give a deceptively attractive appearance to, to deal with (a subject or problem) too lightly or not at all, to give a ~ to, III. noun Etymology: alteration of gloze, from Middle English glose, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin glosa, ~a, from Greek glōssa, glōtta tongue, language, obscure word; akin to Greek glōchis projecting point Date: 1548 1. a brief explanation (as in the margin or between the lines of a text) of a difficult or obscure word or expression, a false and often willfully misleading interpretation (as of a text), 2. ~ary, an interlinear translation, a continuous commentary accompanying a text, commentary, interpretation, IV. transitive verb Date: 1603 1. to provide a ~ for ; explain, define, interpret, to dispose of by false or perverse interpretation ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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