glazed; glazing
1
: to furnish or fit with glass
2
a
: to coat with or as if with a glaze
the storm glazed trees with ice
b
: to apply a glaze to
glaze doughnuts
3
: to give a smooth glossy surface to
glazer
noun
1
: a smooth slippery coating of thin ice
2
a(1)
: a liquid preparation applied to food on which it forms a firm glossy coating
(2)
: a mixture mostly of oxides (such as silica and alumina) applied to the surface of ceramic wares to form a moisture-impervious and often lustrous or ornamental coating
b
: a transparent or translucent color applied to modify the effect of a painted surface
c
: a smooth glossy or lustrous surface or finish
3
: a glassy film
Examples of glaze in a Sentence
Noun
The pot is covered with a bright red glaze.
doughnuts with a chocolate glaze
The pot needs more glaze.
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
While their eyes glaze over, many of these VCs are secretly wishing someone would come along and pitch them something else entirely; something for that big market opportunity, demographic, or problem that everyone else is ignoring.
—Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 2 July 2024
Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
As the aroma fills the room, the cooked bacon is dipped into a secret cotton candy syrup glaze.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
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Verb
Having an assortment of quotidian chores to complete—planting flowers, fussing with the plumbing, chopping vegetables—inhibits the sort of passive scrolling that can leave a person glazed over and neurotic.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
While their eyes glaze over, many of these VCs are secretly wishing someone would come along and pitch them something else entirely; something for that big market opportunity, demographic, or problem that everyone else is ignoring.
—Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 2 July 2024
Noun
The unique color is inspired by a Rookwood glaze from the early 1880s.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
As the aroma fills the room, the cooked bacon is dipped into a secret cotton candy syrup glaze.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
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“Glaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glaze. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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glaze
1 of 2 verb
glazed; glazing
1
: to set glass in
glaze a window
2
: to cover with a glassy surface
glaze pottery
3
: to become shiny in appearance
glazer
noun
glaze
2 of 2 noun
: a glassy surface or coating
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