to gloss
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4.0
- verb
- /ɡlɔs/
:
abrillantar
- After polishing it, he glossed the car to enhance its shine.
- glossed lips
- glossed hair
- glossed with oil
And some of the time in my videos when you see me with like the glossed up shoulders and everything, it's this.
- And some of the time in my videos when you see me with like the glossed up shoulders and everything, it's this.
Examples
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She carefully glossed the wooden table, making it shine beautifully.
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With each undulation of the sea, a clear film of water washed across the surface of the doors, glossing them like a fresh coat of shellac.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her brilliant eyes were glossed with tears.
Fiction book (1990) -
This mouth tray will gloss over your teeth throughout bleaching.
Blog text (14) -
Now, standing in the ladies' room of the Inn at New Baltimore, Marlee runs the tip of her little finger along the soft, glossed edge.
Fiction book (1997) -
Espo, with sweat glossing his face and shocks of hair glued over his eyes, spoke to the nation after Canada's game four loss in Vancouver.
Fiction book (1994) -
To achieve a perfect finish, the craftsman glossed the surface of the sculpture.
Synonyms
64
1.0
To make something smooth and bright by rubbing it
54
1.1
To make a surface even by rubbing or pressing
46
1.1
To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
18
5.0
To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing or adding oil
17
4.4
To polish something by rubbing until it is smooth or shiny
11
7.1
To make a surface smooth and shiny by rubbing
3
6.5
To cover a surface with a hard shiny layer for protection or decoration
1
5.8
To make a surface such as hair smooth and shiny by using a product or pushing it flat
1
9.2
To make something shiny by rubbing
Covered with a thin shiny layer to make a smooth surface
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gloss meaning to make something shiny is the action behind gloss and glossy, to polish a surface until it has a bright 'shine', so to gloss something is to make it smooth and reflective.