The meaning of Glossing

verb

Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.

Usage examples:

For japanese speakers who use english as a second language, it is helpful to annotate this text in …

verb

To add notes or remarks on a piece of writing

verb

Polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing.

Usage examples:

To burnish copper, i would probably use a drill with a pad attached to the end

noun

The shine on a highly polished surface.

Usage examples:

She wiped them off and underneath the furry tendrils of dust, the burnish of the old polish still g…

verb

Interpret (a word or action) in a particular way.

Usage examples:

His words could hardly be construed as an apology

verb

To understand the meaning of something in a particular way

Usage examples:

That comment could be construed in either of two ways.

verb

Make (something) clear; explain.

Usage examples:

Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter

verb

To explain or make clear

Usage examples:

[ t ] i hope my book will elucidate the complex issues we face.

verb

Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.

Usage examples:

They explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals

verb

Make plain and comprehensible

verb

To make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it

Usage examples:

[ i ] if there’s anything you don’t understand, i’ll be happy to explain., [ t ] the teacher explai…

verb

Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.

Usage examples:

An attempt to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces

verb

To explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea

Usage examples:

This is a book which clearly explicates marx's later writings.

noun

An additional piece of information printed at the bottom of a page.

Usage examples:

If the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow make up the core of a company's f…

verb

Add a footnote or footnotes to (a piece of writing).

Usage examples:

But in a phone interview, troy says that under current academic standards it would be ‘unacceptable…

verb

Fit panes of glass into (a window or door frame or similar structure).

Usage examples:

Windows can be glazed using laminated glass

noun

A vitreous substance fused on to the surface of pottery to form an impervious decorative coating.

Usage examples:

People learn how to hand decorate a collection of unglazed pottery with water-based glazes.

noun

A shiny surface given to an object or a food, esp. by covering it with a liquid that shines when it dries

Usage examples:

The pottery was famous for the rich glaze of its vases and jugs., [ t ] the cake was glazed with ra…

verb

Explain the meaning of (information or actions).

Usage examples:

The evidence is difficult to interpret

verb

Make sense of; assign a meaning to

verb

To describe the meaning of something; examine in order to explain

Usage examples:

It’s difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained., [ i ] i had t…

noun

The edge or border of something.

Usage examples:

The eastern margin of the indian ocean

verb

Provide with an edge or border.

Usage examples:

The plant's leaves are margined with yellow

noun

The border of empty space around the written or printed text on a page

Usage examples:

She was in the habit of making notes in the margins of her textbooks., he was reelected by a wide m…

verb

Treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral.

Usage examples:

By removing religion from the public space, we marginalize it

verb

To treat someone or something as if they are not important

Usage examples:

Now that english has taken over as the main language, the country's native language has been margin…

verb

Express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Usage examples:

You can either quote or paraphrase literary texts

noun

A rewording of something written or spoken.

Usage examples:

Scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from virgil, cicero, and quinti…

verb

To state something written or spoken in different words, esp. in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer

Usage examples:

I’ll have to paraphrase it because i didn’t get a chance to memorize it.

verb

Make the surface of (something) smooth and shiny by rubbing it.

Usage examples:

Behind the bar the steward polished glasses busily

noun

A substance used to give something a smooth and shiny surface when rubbed in.

Usage examples:

A tin of shoe polish

adjective

Relating to poland, its inhabitants, or their language.

Usage examples:

The most difficult discussions centred on the polish government and poland's frontiers.

verb

(of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light.

Usage examples:

The sun shone through the window

noun

A quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something.

Usage examples:

My hair has lost its shine

verb

Express the sense of (words or text) in another language.

Usage examples:

Several of his books were translated into english

verb

Restate from one language into another language