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gloss over
Overview of verb gloss-over
The verb gloss over has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over -- (treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly)
2. whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up -- (cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes")
Antonyms of verb gloss-over
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gloss-over
2 senses of gloss over
Sense 1
gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
=> cover, cover up
=> hide, conceal
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb gloss-over
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gloss-over
2 senses of gloss over
Sense 1
gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
=> treat, handle, do by
Sense 2
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
=> cover, cover up
'Cause To' of verb gloss-over
Derived Forms of verb gloss-over
Domain of verb gloss-over
Domain Terms of verb gloss-over
Familiarity of verb gloss-over
gloss over used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb gloss-over
2 senses of gloss over
Sense 1
gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
*> Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb gloss-over
2 senses of gloss over
Sense 1
gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
> treat, handle, do by
=> mock, bemock
=> ignore, disregard, snub, cut
=> wrong
=> handle with kid gloves
=> criminalize
=> nurse
=> strong-arm
=> ride roughshod, run roughshod
=> upstage
=> rough-house
=> brutalize, brutalise
=> do justice, do-well by
=> gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
=> mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat
=> pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
Sense 2
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
> cover, cover up
=> whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb gloss-over
Sense 1
gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
=> treat, handle, do by
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Sense 2
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
=> cover, cover up
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