glaze
(noun) a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
glaze
(noun) a glossy finish on a fabric
glaze
(noun) any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
(verb) become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; “Her eyes glaze over when she is bored”
glaze
(verb) coat with a glaze; “the potter glazed the dishes”; “glaze the bread with eggwhite”
sugarcoat, glaze, candy
(verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
glass, glaze
(verb) furnish with glass; “glass the windows”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glaze (countable and uncountable, plural glazes)
(ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
A smooth edible coating applied to food.
(meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
A glazing oven; glost oven.
glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)
(transitive) To install windows.
(transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
(intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
(intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.
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Glaze (plural Glazes)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Glaze is the 5005th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7022 individuals. Glaze is most common among White (73.2%) and Black/African American (20.76%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Glaze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] Etym: [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See Glass.]
1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass. Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. Bacon.
2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like. Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. Shak.
3. (Paint.)
Definition: To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.
Glaze, v. i.
Definition: To become glazed of glassy.
Glaze, n.
1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3. Ure.
2. (Cookery)
Definition: Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
