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Noun
- 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
Verb
- give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- 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