A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.

Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.

If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.

Gloss is the same as gloss paint .

Gloss is a type of shiny make-up.

If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.