1. the act of providing explanatory notes or translations
2. the act of giving something a deceptively attractive appearance

1. present participle of gloss: to provide explanatory notes or translations for difficult words or passages
2. present participle of gloss: to give a superficially attractive appearance to something

Examples

• The teacher was glossing the difficult Latin text for her students.
• He spent hours glossing the ancient manuscript.
• The politician was glossing over the real issues in his speech.
• She accused him of glossing the company’s financial problems.
• The glossing of medieval texts requires extensive knowledge of the period.
• His glossing of the scandal fooled no one.
• The scholar’s glossing made the complex poem accessible to readers.