| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shine, sheen |
Synonyms: |
appearance, brightness, brilliance, burnish, facade, finish, front, glaze, gleam, glint, glossiness, luster, polish, shimmer, silkiness, sleekness, slickness, surface, varnish, veneer |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | definition |
Synonyms: |
annotation, comment, commentary, elucidation, explanation, footnote, interpretation, note, translation |
Antonyms: |
misinformation |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shiny |
Synonyms: |
buff, burnish, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer |
Antonyms: |
dull |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal truth |
Synonyms: |
belie, camouflage, cover up, deacon, disguise, doctor, explain, extenuate, falsify, hide, justify, mask, misrepresent, palliate, rationalize, smooth over, soft-pedal, sugarcoat, varnish, veil, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, reveal |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | define |
Synonyms: |
annotate, comment, construe, elucidate, explain, interpret, justify, translate |
Antonyms: |
misinform |
| Main Entry: | annotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write explanatory notes |
Synonyms: |
comment, commentate, construe, define, elucidate, explain, expound, footnote, gloss, illustrate, interpret, note, remark |
| Main Entry: | annotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanatory note |
Synonyms: |
comment, commentary, definition, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, footnote, gloss, glossary, illustration, interpretation, note, observation |
Antonyms: |
blank |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish to a shine |
Synonyms: |
brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | burnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, brighten |
Synonyms: |
buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, patina, put on a finish, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax |
Antonyms: |
dull, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
Synonyms: |
bark, coating, crust, finish, glaze, gloss, lacquer, lamination, layer, overlay, painting, plaster, priming, roughcast, set, tinge, varnish, wash, whitewashing |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |