Verb

• S: (v) gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over (treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly)
• S: (v) 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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) cover, cover up (hide from view or knowledge) "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"
• S: (v) 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"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) whitewash [Related to: whitewash] (a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects)
• sentence frame