Glaze

//ɡleɪz// name, noun, verb, slang

name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a coating for ceramics, metal, etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a glossy finish on a fabric wordnet
  5. 5
    A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods wordnet
  2. 7
    Any smooth, transparent layer or coating. countable, uncountable

    "[…] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]"

  3. 8
    A smooth edible coating applied to food. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A glazing oven; glost oven. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A window. Polari, countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way. countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To install windows. transitive
  2. 2
    become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance wordnet
  3. 3
    To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating. transitive

    "to glaze a doughnut"

  4. 4
    coat with a glaze wordnet
  5. 5
    To become glazed or glassy. intransitive
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  1. 6
    coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze wordnet
  2. 7
    Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over. intransitive
  3. 8
    furnish with glass wordnet
  4. 9
    To ejaculate onto someone's body. slang, transitive, vulgar
  5. 10
    To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way. derogatory, intransitive, slang, sometimes, transitive, vulgar
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
glasssugarcoatapply paintbakebedaubbedizen

Example

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"Place them on the baking sheet, then glaze them with egg yolk."

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen. In the sense of "overcompliment", originated in November 2021 and popularized throughout 2022, and allegedly "follows the visual of a donut being glazed". The noun is from the verb.

Related phrases

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