• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the Gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
• the property of being smooth and shiny
• an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
• an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
• Gloss or excuse; "color a lie"
• provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
• provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
• give a shine or Gloss to, usually by rubbing

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