GLAZE

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• gazel

Proper noun

Glaze (plural Glazes)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Glaze is the 5005^th 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.

Anagrams

• gazel

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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