glaze

plural glazes · alternative obsolete glase

1. countableuncountableceramicsThe vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
2. countableuncountableA transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
3. countableuncountableclimatologyA smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
4. countableuncountableAny smooth, transparent layer or coating.

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

   1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems

5. countableuncountableA smooth edible coating applied to food.
6. countableuncountablecookingBroth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
7. countableuncountableA glazing oven; glost oven.
8. PolaricountableuncountableA window.
9. countablederogatoryslanguncountableExcessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.

present singular third person glazes · participle present glazing · participle past glazed · past glazed · alternative obsolete glase

1. transitiveTo install windows.
2. transitiveTo apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

   to glaze a doughnut

   1 more example

   An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.

   2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248

3. intransitiveTo become glazed or glassy.
4. intransitiveOf eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
5. slangtransitivevulgarTo ejaculate onto.
6. derogatoryintransitiveslangsometimestransitivevulgarTo compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.

   Synonyms: flatter, suck up, kiss ass, dickride, meatride, fanboy

plural Glazes

1. A surname.