Meaning

4 senses

  1. (literary)To extenuate, explain away, gloss over.

  2. To use flattering language.

  3. To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation.

  4. To give a shine to (something or someone).

Origin

From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. Doublet of

From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. Doublet of gloss and glossa.

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Forms

glozes, glozing, glozed, glozed
Base formgloze · to gloze
3rd person singularglozes
Present participleglozing
Past simpleglozed
Past participleglozed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygloze
he, she, itglozes

Past simpleLesson

all personsglozed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave glozed
he, she, ithas glozed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gloze

Synonyms

16 synonyms
flatterC1sootheB1strokeB2jollylay it on thickpuffbrush up tocollogueflatterizeglavermake fair weatherpalaverpreenspeak well of

Word family

3 related words
Derivedglozerglozinglyunglozed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gloveA2glowB2glucoseglueglumC1
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