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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shine, sheen |
| Synonyms: | appearance, brightness, brilliance, burnish, facade, finish, front, glaze, gleam, glint, glossiness, luster, polish, shimmer, silkiness, sleekness, slickness, surface, varnish, veneer |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shiny |
| Synonyms: | buff, burnish, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal truth |
| Synonyms: | belie, camouflage, cover up, deacon, disguise, doctor, explain, extenuate, falsify, hide, justify, mask, misrepresent, palliate, rationalize, smooth over, soft-pedal, sugarcoat, varnish, veil, veneer, white, whiten, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, reveal |
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | define |
| Synonyms: | annotate, comment, construe, elucidate, explain, interpret, justify, translate |
| Antonyms: | misinform |
| Main Entry: | annotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write explanatory notes |
| Synonyms: | comment, commentate, construe, define, elucidate, explain, expound, footnote, gloss, illustrate, interpret, note, remark |
| Main Entry: | annotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanatory note |
| Synonyms: | comment, commentary, definition, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, footnote, gloss, glossary, illustration, interpretation, note, observation |
| Antonyms: | blank |
| Main Entry: | buff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish to a shine |
| Synonyms: | brush, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, pumice, rub, sandpaper, scour, shine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | burnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, brighten |
| Synonyms: | buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, patina, put on a finish, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax |
| Antonyms: | dull, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | coat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
| Synonyms: | bark, coating, crust, finish, glaze, gloss, lacquer, lamination, layer, overlay, painting, plaster, priming, roughcast, set, tinge, varnish, wash, whitewashing |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
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