gloss

gloss over (something)

1. To minimize or omit something in an account in order to obscure, conceal, or diminish the importance of it. When I told Mom and Dad about my night, I just glossed over the fact that I'd gotten a parking ticket. You can tell they're trying to gloss over the poor Q3 sales in their investors' earnings report.
2. To give only superficial or perfunctory attention to something. I don't understand why this class glosses over such an important part of Medieval history.
See also: gloss, over

lip gloss

An exaggeration, misrepresentation, or distortion of reality, especially to make it seem happier, more innocent, or more carefree. Popular culture has taught young women that they will be happy so long as they find the right man to take care of this, but we all ought to know by now that that is just lip gloss smeared on emotional manipulation.
See also: gloss, lip

put a gloss on (something)

To make something appear more positive, acceptable, or palatable than it really is. They're putting a gloss on their poor sales figures by claiming that December sales will more than make up the difference. Stop putting a gloss on the failure, Jim—let's just move on.
See also: gloss, on, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gloss over something

to cover up, minimize, or play down something bad. Don't gloss over your own role in this fiasco! I don't want to gloss this matter over, but it really isn't very important, is it?
See also: gloss, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

gloss over

Make attractive or acceptable by deception or superficial treatment. For example, His resumé glossed over his lack of experience, or She tried to gloss over the mistake by insisting it would make no difference. [Mid-1600s]
See also: gloss, over
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

put a gloss on something

If you put a gloss on a difficult situation, you describe it in a way that makes it seem better than it really is. He obviously tried to put a gloss on the poor sales figures. Yesterday they tried to put a gloss on the Home Office statistics by stressing that recorded crime had stabilised. Note: A gloss is an explanation that is added to a book or other text in order to explain an unfamiliar term. The idea here is that the explanation being given is a misleading one.
See also: gloss, on, put, something
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

lip gloss

n. lies; deception; exaggeration; BS. (From the name of a lipstick-like cosmetic.) Everything he says is just lip gloss. He is a liar at heart.
See also: gloss, lip
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • gloss over
  • gloss over (something)
  • shroud
  • shroud (something) in (something else)
  • shroud in
  • pale into insignificance
  • conceal
  • conceal (someone or something) from (someone or something)
  • conceal from
  • abstract away
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Accelerated gloss retention testing was performed by drawing down paints with a 3 mil bird bar on aluminum panels and allowing them to dry overnight.
Exterior durability in all-acrylic architectural gloss coatings: gloss retention and dirt-pickup resistance
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Gloss is a member and past president of the New England Antiquarian Booksellers Association, member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the Bostonian Society and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers.
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Glossiness refers to the appearance of gloss and is the result of the reflectance properties of the surface but it is also influenced by the illumination conditions and by the viewing direction (2).
Evaluating contrast gloss of textured polymeric surfaces
THIS juicy pink gloss has an almost edible banana fragrance.
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The secret of the new "Diamond Gloss" range lies in the unique mixture of entirely new repair ingredients and moisturizers.
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As a result, the repeatability of [+ or -]0.1 GU for 60[degrees]Gloss <10 gloss units can be guaranteed, which consequently allows the control of gloss within [+ or -] 0.3 gloss units.
Color and gloss control for interior auto parts
In November 2004, a new ISO standard was published for the determination of paper gloss at a specular angle of 20[degrees].
Summaries of December 2005 peer-reviewed papers
Clear sparkly super-shine gloss, pounds 9, Too Face at Boots (08450 708090)
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First of all, the self-initiated task of creating a gloss is a cognitive act that involves the learner emotionally--active participation in the learning process contributes to processing lexical information about the glossed item; hence better retention.
Another learning strategy?
Gloss mid thickness are important criteria to guarantee an efficient paint process.
Thickness measurement
Initially, they cite the regard of Clarembald's contemporaries, as evidenced by his appointment as master of the school in Laon and by the request for his gloss on De Trinitate (pp.
Clarembald of Arras. The Boethian Commentaries of Clarembald of Arras
Known as differential gloss, this bothersome distraction can interfere with how people see an image.
Marking original documents with a lick of gloss
According to information from GE, most automotive paints will register about an 85 or 90 unit reading on the Gardner scale (also referred to gloss units).
Glossed over: GE Plastics develops a film that is glossy yet weather resistant. (Supply Side: Plastics)
As an alternative to alcohol-based shellac glazes currently used by candy makers, water-based WPI coatings-when plasticized with sucrose-are able to provide gloss to chocolates.
Examine the effects of sucrose level on gloss, durability of whey coatings