Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gloss
Participle: glossed
Gerund: glossing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gloss |
| you | gloss |
| he;she;it | glosses |
| we | gloss |
| you | gloss |
| they | gloss |
Perfect
| I | have glossed |
| you | have glossed |
| he;she;it | has glossed |
| we | have glossed |
| you | have glossed |
| they | have glossed |
Past
| I | glossed |
| you | glossed |
| he;she;it | glossed |
| we | glossed |
| you | glossed |
| they | glossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had glossed |
| you | had glossed |
| he;she;it | had glossed |
| we | had glossed |
| you | had glossed |
| they | had glossed |
Future
| I | will gloss |
| you | will gloss |
| he;she;it | will gloss |
| we | will gloss |
| you | will gloss |
| they | will gloss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have glossed |
| you | will have glossed |
| he;she;it | will have glossed |
| we | will have glossed |
| you | will have glossed |
| they | will have glossed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gloss |
| you | gloss |
| he;she;it | gloss |
| we | gloss |
| you | gloss |
| they | gloss |
Perfect
| I | have glossed |
| you | have glossed |
| he;she;it | have glossed |
| we | have glossed |
| you | have glossed |
| they | have glossed |
Imperfect
| I | glossed |
| you | glossed |
| he;she;it | glossed |
| we | glossed |
| you | glossed |
| they | glossed |
Pluperfect
| I | had glossed |
| you | had glossed |
| he;she;it | had glossed |
| we | had glossed |
| you | had glossed |
| they | had glossed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gloss |
| you | would gloss |
| he;she;it | would gloss |
| we | would gloss |
| you | would gloss |
| they | would gloss |
Perfect
| I | would have glossed |
| you | would have glossed |
| he;she;it | would have glossed |
| we | would have glossed |
| you | would have glossed |
| they | would have glossed |
Imperative
| you | gloss |
| we | Let's gloss |
| you | gloss |
Verbs conjugated like 'gloss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gloss'
floss,
glass,
gross,
loss,
alose,
bless,
boss,
class,
close,
cross,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- give a gloss or sheen to
- polish, shine
- polish
- shine, glaze, varnish
- explain
- interpret, analyze, annotate
Antonyms
- polish
- dull, deface, mar, ruin
- explain
- perplex, confuse, confound, mystify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "luster," 1538, from Scand. (cf. Icelandic
glossi "flame," related to
glossa "to flame"), or obsolete Du.
gloos "a glowing," from M.H.G.
glos.
2. Probably from a North Germanic language, compare Icelandic glossi (“spark, flame”), glossa (“to flame”); or perhaps from dialectal Dutch gloos (“a glow, flare”), related to West Frisian gloeze (“a glow”), Middle Low German glȫsen (“to smoulder, glow”), German glosen (“to smoulder”); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *glus- (“to glow, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to flourish; be green or yellow”). More at glow. See: German, old spelling '
glosen'.
Sample Sentences
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You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. [1722, Ambrose Philips, The Briton:]