gloss

  • 61gloss paint — gloss ,paint noun uncount paint for wood and furniture that is shiny when it is dry …

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  • 62gloss over something — gloss over (something) to fail to deal with the importance of something. The report praised the managers but glossed over the high cost of the project. Usage notes: usually said about a problem or fault: The State Department s reports for the… …

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  • 63gloss over — (something) to fail to deal with the importance of something. The report praised the managers but glossed over the high cost of the project. Usage notes: usually said about a problem or fault: The State Department s reports for the period glossed …

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  • 64gloss|e|mat|ics — «GLOS uh MAT ihks», noun. the study of glossemes …

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  • 65gloss|eme — «GLOS eem», noun. Linguistics. the smallest element that signals or conveys meaning in a language. ╂[< Greek glôssa tongue + English eme, as in phoneme] …

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  • 66gloss|me|ter — «GLS MEE tuhr, GLOS », noun. a photoelectric device that measures the reflection of glossy surfaces, such as those of papers, paints, or fabrics …

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  • 67Gloss (paint) — Paint comes in a variety of finish gloss levels. These are not standardized, but normally run:* flat * matte * eggshell * satin * semi gloss * high glossDifferent manufacturers group these differently, so some consider flat and matte to be… …

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  • 68Gloss (comics) — Infobox comics character character name = Gloss imagesize = caption = Millennium #8 publisher = DC Comics debut = Millennium #2 (January 1988) creators = Steve Engelhart (writer) Joe Staton (artist) alter ego = Xiang Po full name = species =… …

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  • 69gloss over — verb 1. treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑skate over, ↑smooth over, ↑slur over, ↑skimp over • Hypernyms: ↑treat, ↑handle, ↑ …

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  • 70gloss over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms gloss over : present tense I/you/we/they gloss over he/she/it glosses over present participle glossing over past tense glossed over past participle glossed over gloss over something to ignore or avoid… …

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