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gloss | lip |

As a noun gloss

is (uncountable) a surface shine or luster/lustre or gloss can be (countable) a foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.

As a verb gloss

is to give a gloss or sheen to or gloss can be to add a gloss to (a text).

As an adverb lip is

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gloss

English

Etymology 1

From a Germanic language, perhaps (etyl), (etyl) or (etyl) (compare ).

Noun

  • (uncountable) A surface shine or luster/lustre
  • (uncountable, figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance
  • * Goldsmith
    • To me more dear, congenial to my heart, / One native charm than all the gloss of art.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban'' (in ''The Guardian , 6 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/06/england-moldova-world-cup-qualifier-matchreport]
    • Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.
    Synonyms
    * (surface shine ): brilliance, gleam, luster/lustre, sheen, shine * (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance ): , front, veneer
    Related terms
    * glossy

    Verb

    (es)
  • To give a gloss or sheen to.
  • To make (something) attractive by deception
  • * Philips
    • You have the art to gloss the foulest cause.
  • To become shiny.
    • Synonyms
    * (give a gloss or sheen to ): polish, shine * (make (something) attractive by deception ): * (become shiny ):

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (wikipedia gloss) (es)
  • (countable) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
  • (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression, usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text.
  • * Hudibras
    • All this, without a gloss or comment, / He would unriddle in a moment.
  • (countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.
  • (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
  • (rfv-sense) (countable) A deliberately misleading explanation.
    • (Dryden)
  • (countable) A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
  • (countable, legal, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law
  • * 2007 Bruce R. Hopkins. The law of tax-exempt organizations. p. 76
    • Judicial Gloss on Test [section title]
  • * 1979 American Bar Foundation. Annotated code of professional responsibility . p. ix
    • This volume is thus not a narrowly defined treatment of the Code of Professional Responsibility but rather represents a "common law" gloss on it.
    Synonyms
    * (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression ): explanation, note * (glossary ): glossary, lexicon * (extensive commentary on some text ): commentary, discourse, discussion * (deliberately misleading explanation ): deception, lie
    Related terms
    * glossary

    Verb

    (es)
  • To add a gloss to (a text).
  • (rfv-sense) To give a deliberately false interpretation of.
    • Synonyms
    * (add a gloss to ): annotate, mark up * (give a deliberately false interpretation of ): misrepresent

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    lip

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
  • * Bible, Jeb. xv. 6
    • Thine own lips testify against thee.
  • (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , I twisted my thighs, squeezed, and compressed the lips of that virgin slit}}
  • (countable) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
  • (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
    • Don’t give me any lip !
  • The edge of a high spot of land.
  • * 1913 ,
    • They toiled forward along a tiny path on the river’s lip . Suddenly it vanished. The bank was sheer red solid clay in front of them, sloping straight into the river.
  • * 1894 , David Livingstone, A Popular Account of Dr Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries ,
    • We landed at the head of Garden Island, which is situated near the middle of the river and on the lip' of the Falls. On reaching that ' lip , and peering over the giddy height, the wondrous and unique character of the magnificent cascade at once burst upon us.
  • The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
  • (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
  • (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.
  • (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

    • Synonyms

    * (either of the fleshy protrusions around the mouth) labium (medical term ) * (part of body resembling a lip) labium (medical) * (rim of an open container) edge, rim * (impertinence) backchat, cheek (informal), impudence, rudeness

    Derived terms

    * black lip * cleft lip * fat lip * lip gloss * lipless * liplike * lip-lock * lipped * lipping * lippy * lip-read * lip-reader * lip service * lip-smacking * lipstick * lip-strap * lip-synch * loose lip * tight-lipped

    Verb

  • To touch with the lips; to kiss or lick; to lap the lips against something.
  • * Praed
    • The bubble on the wine which breaks / Before you lip the glass.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A hand that kings / Have lipped and trembled kissing.
  • To utter verbally.
    • (Keats)
  • To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader.
  • (sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.
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