glaze

American  

[gleyz] / gleɪz /

verb (used with object)

glazed, glazing

1. to furnish or fill with glass.

   to glaze a window.

2. to give a vitreous surface or coating to (a ceramic or the like), as by the application of a substance or by fusion of the body.

3. to cover with a smooth, glossy surface or coating.

4. Cooking. to coat (a food) with sugar, a sugar syrup, or some other glossy, edible substance.

5. Fine Arts. to cover (a painted surface or parts of it) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone.

6. to give a glassy surface to, as by polishing.

7. to give a coating of ice to (frozen food) by dipping in water.

8. to grind (cutlery blades) in preparation for finishing.

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verb (used without object)

glazed, glazing

1. to become glazed or glassy.

   Their eyes glazed over as the lecturer droned on.

2. (of a grinding wheel) to lose abrasive quality through polishing of the surface from wear.

noun

1. a smooth, glossy surface or coating.

2. the substance for producing such a coating.

3. Ceramics.

   1. a vitreous layer or coating on a piece of pottery.

   2. the substance of which such a layer or coating is made.

4. Fine Arts. a thin layer of transparent color spread over a painted surface.

5. a smooth, lustrous surface on certain fabrics, produced by treating the material with a chemical and calendering.

6. Cooking.

   1. a substance used to coat a food, especially sugar or sugar syrup.

   2. stock cooked down to a thin paste for applying to the surface of meats.

7. especially British, glazed frost.  Also called silver frost, silver thaw, verglas.  Also called glaze ice,.  a thin coating of ice on terrestrial objects, caused by rain that freezes on impact.

glaze British  

/ ɡleɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to fit or cover with glass

2. (tr) ceramics to cover with a vitreous solution, rendering impervious to liquid and smooth to the touch

3. (tr) to cover (a painting) with a layer of semitransparent colour to modify the tones

4. (tr) to cover (foods) with a shiny coating by applying beaten egg, sugar, etc

5. (tr) to make glossy or shiny

6. to become or cause to become glassy

   his eyes were glazing over

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noun

1. ceramics

   1. a vitreous or glossy coating

   2. the substance used to produce such a coating

2. a semitransparent coating applied to a painting to modify the tones

3. a smooth lustrous finish on a fabric produced by applying various chemicals

4. something used to give a glossy surface to foods

   a syrup glaze

Other Word Forms

• glazed adjective
• glazer noun
• glazily adverb
• glaziness noun
• glazy adjective
• reglaze verb (used with object)
• semiglaze noun

Etymology

Origin of glaze

1325–75; Middle English glasen, derivative of glas glass

Example Sentences

Then powered by a glazed doughnut and extra-large energy drink, he zips around driveways in northern New Jersey and nearby New York, ringing doorbells, photographing doorsteps and hauling away the physical aftermath of holiday optimism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stoneware, from high-art jasperware works to the humble dining plates on our kitchen shelves, is always formed from clay then decorated using glazes and other materials.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, again, his goal is not to provide numbers to be added, subtracted, multiplied and divided, but to shower his audience with numbers big enough to make their eyes glaze over.

From Los Angeles Times

Think crescent dough wrapped around ribbons of honey ham and Swiss, each ball bathed in a poppy-seed-studded glaze of butter, Dijon, Worcestershire, and a hint of brown sugar, then baked until puffed, golden, and gleaming.

From Salon

Museums had only just started succeeding against soup-throwing protesters by adding protective glazing or panes of glass to protect their iconic artworks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• enamel
• sheen