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glaze
[ gleyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish or fill with glass:
to glaze a window.
- 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.
- to cover with a smooth, glossy surface or coating.
- Cooking. to coat (a food) with sugar, a sugar syrup, or some other glossy, edible substance.
- Fine Arts. to cover (a painted surface or parts of it) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone.
- to give a glassy surface to, as by polishing.
- to give a coating of ice to (frozen food) by dipping in water.
- to grind (cutlery blades) in preparation for finishing.
verb (used without object)
- to become glazed or glassy:
Their eyes glazed over as the lecturer droned on.
- (of a grinding wheel) to lose abrasive quality through polishing of the surface from wear.
noun
- a smooth, glossy surface or coating.
- the substance for producing such a coating.
- Ceramics.
- a vitreous layer or coating on a piece of pottery.
- the substance of which such a layer or coating is made.
- Fine Arts. a thin layer of transparent color spread over a painted surface.
- a smooth, lustrous surface on certain fabrics, produced by treating the material with a chemical and calendering.
- Cooking.
- a substance used to coat a food, especially sugar or sugar syrup.
- stock cooked down to a thin paste for applying to the surface of meats.
- Also called glaze ice,. a thin coating of ice on terrestrial objects, caused by rain that freezes on impact. Compare rime 1( def 1 ).
glaze
/ ɡleɪz /
verb
- tr to fit or cover with glass
- tr ceramics to cover with a vitreous solution, rendering impervious to liquid and smooth to the touch
- tr to cover (a painting) with a layer of semitransparent colour to modify the tones
- tr to cover (foods) with a shiny coating by applying beaten egg, sugar, etc
- tr to make glossy or shiny
- whenintr, often foll by over to become or cause to become glassy
his eyes were glazing over
noun
- ceramics
- a vitreous or glossy coating
- the substance used to produce such a coating
- a semitransparent coating applied to a painting to modify the tones
- a smooth lustrous finish on a fabric produced by applying various chemicals
- something used to give a glossy surface to foods
a syrup glaze
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Derived Forms
- glazed, adjective
- ˈglazy, adjective
- ˈglazer, noun
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Other Words From
- glaz·i·ly adverb
- glaz·i·ness noun
- re·glaze verb (used with object) reglazed reglazing
- sem·i·glaze noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glaze1
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Example Sentences
Finally, Deborah Racicot of Narcissa prepares mouth-watering (and non-basic) pumpkin crepes with warm sage cinnamon en glaze.
Cars in the cross alley are covered with a silver glaze of dew.
Mark Glaze, the Executive Director of MAIG, viewed the election results through a rose-colored lens.
The symbolism of a gun-control group grading members of Congress for the first time is a display of power in itself, Glaze says.
“The scorecard is designed to give them a clear sense of where members of Congress stand,” Glaze says.
When they have been stewed for twenty minutes glaze them; dish them up with a Financire sauce (see 'Entres la Mode').
Take four pigeons, truss and braise them in stock, then glaze them, dish them up against a block of fried bread.
Take off the calico, make them hot and glaze them, and serve with mushrooms and peas, and with a rich brown sauce over them.
On one side lay the diminished creek, now filmed over with a glaze of young ice.
Mix all together, and stuff your pigeons with it, and then glaze them all over with beaten white of egg.
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