Glazed

//ɡleɪzd// adj, noun, verb, slang

adj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A glazed donut, one with a coating such as sugar or chocolate. US, colloquial

    "Krispy your Kremes with fresh, non-corporate cakes and glazeds in such flavors du jour as Pistachio, Tres Leches, Meyer Lemon, and Blackout (a nod to the star attraction of the long-gone Ebinger's Bakery)."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of glaze form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of eyes: glistening but not focusing on anything in particular; showing no liveliness.

    "Near-synonyms: glassy-eyed, glassy"

  2. 2
    Having a glaze (a coating).

    "a glazed ham"

  3. 3
    Having glass in the windows.

    "a shelter at the bus stop with glazed sides and rear"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of eyes) lacking liveliness wordnet
  2. 2
    having a shiny surface or coating wordnet
  3. 3
    fitted or covered with glass wordnet
  4. 4
    (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
glassybuffedburnishedcalenderedcoatedfinished

Example

More examples

"Here they found the unfortunate girl seated, or rather couched like a hare upon its form—her head-gear dishevelled, her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of insanity."

Related phrases

double-glazedglazed curdlead-glazedsemi-glazedtin-glazed

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