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over

n. (cricket) the period during which a given number of balls (6 in England but 8 in Australia) are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch

gloss, glossary

n. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

gloss, rubric

n. an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

glossiness, polish, gloss, burnish

n. the property of being smooth and shiny

gloss, provide a gloss for

v. provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

gloss, comment

v. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

color, colour, gloss

v. gloss or excuse; "color a lie"

polish, gloss, burnish

v. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

over

adv. at or to a point across intervening space etc.: "Come over and see us some time"; "over there"

over, throughout an area

adv. "He is known the world over"

over, across

adv. "She cannot get her ideas across"

over, o'er, throughout a period of time

adv. "Stay over the weekend"

over

adj. (prefix) excessive: "over-abusive"; "overabusive"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

annotation, note, notation

n. a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"

comment, commentary

n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"

footnote, footer

n. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

observation, reflection, reflexion

n. a remark expressing careful consideration

account, story, history, chronicle

n. a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"

glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle

n. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

luster, lustre, splendor, splendour, brilliancy

n. a quality that outshines the usual

paraphrase, rephrase, reword

v. express the same message in different words

recap, recapitulate, summarize briefly

v. summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"

explain, explicate

v. make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

clear up, clarify, elucidate

v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon

v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

define

v. determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"

scrub, scour

v. clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"

smooth, shine, polish, smoothen

v. make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"

burnish, buff, flush, furbish

v. polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

edit, redact, change a text

v. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

polish, refine, fine down, make elegant

v. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

cut, edit, edit out

v. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

scour, abrade

v. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"

accomplished, effected, established

adj. settled securely and unconditionally; "that smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact"

proved, proven

adj. established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

determined, determinate

adj. precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals"

stipulatory, agreed upon

adj. constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations"

solved, resolved

adj. explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"

gloss over, skimp over, smooth over, skate over, slur over

v. treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

cover, whitewash, hush up, cover up, gloss over, sleek over

v. gloss over

too much, a bit much

adj. (informal) "a bit much"

overdone, exaggerated, overstated

adj. represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"

undue, extraordinary, unreasonable, excessive, inordinate

adj. beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

steep, exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious

adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

extreme

adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"

radical, extremist, ultra

adj. (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"

gross, glaring

adj. far exceeding the normal: "a glaring error"; "gross inefficiency"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

up

adj. used up; "time is up"

dull, make dull in appearance

v. "Age had dulled the surface"

blunt, make blunt, dull, make dull

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

smear, smudge, blur, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

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