glaze

glaze
[[t]gleɪz[/t]]
v. glazed, glaz•ing, n.
1) to furnish or fill with glass:
to glaze a window[/ex]
2) cer 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
4) coo to coat (a food) with a liquid substance that sets to form a smooth, glossy surface
5) fia to cover (a painting) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone
6) to give a glassy surface to, as by polishing
7) coo to give a coating of ice to, by or as if by dipping in water
8) to become glazed or glassy:
Their eyes glazed over as the lecturer droned on[/ex]
9) a smooth, glossy surface or coating
10) the substance for producing such a coating
11) cer
a) a vitreous layer or coating on a piece of pottery
b) the substance of which such a layer or coating is made
12) fia a thin layer of transparent color spread over a painting
13) a smooth, lustrous surface on a fabric, produced by treating chemically and calendering
14) coo
a) a substance, as sugar syrup, used to form a thin, glossy coating on food
b) stock cooked down to a thin paste
15) mer brit. a thin coating of ice
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Etymology: 1325–75; ME glasen, der. of glas glass glaz′er, n. glaz′i•ly, adv. glaz′i•ness, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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