'Glaze' definitions:
Definition of 'glaze'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
noun
A glossy finish on a fabric
noun
A coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
verb
Coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze the bread with eggwhite"
verb
Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over]
verb
Furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze]
verb
Definition of 'Glaze'
From: GCIDE
- Glaze \Glaze\ (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed (gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See Glass.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass. [1913 Webster]
- Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Cookery) To cover (a donut, cupcake, meat, etc.) with a thin layer of edible syrup, or other substance which may solidify to a glossy coating. The material used for glazing is usually sweet or highly flavored. [PJC]
Definition of 'Glaze'
From: GCIDE
- Glaze \Glaze\, v. i. To become glazed of glassy. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Glaze'
From: GCIDE
- Glaze \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Cookery) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'glaze'
From: GCIDE
- Glost oven \Glost" ov`en\ An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glaze kiln, or glaze. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glaze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apply paint,
- bake,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- begild,
- berg,
- besmear,
- blancmange,
- board,
- brick,
- brush on paint,
- buff,
- burnish,
- calcimine,
- calf,
- candy,
- china clay,
- china stone,
- clapboard,
- clay,
- coat,
- coating,
- color,
- comfit,
- complexion,
- compote,
- confection,
- confectionery,
- confiture,
- conserve,
- cover,
- covering,
- cryosphere,
- dab,
- daub,
- deep-dye,
- dip,
- distemper,
- double-dye,
- Dry Ice,
- dulcify,
- dye,
- edulcorate,
- emblazon,
- enamel,
- engild,
- face,
- fast-dye,
- finish,
- fire,
- fireclay,
- firn,
- floe,
- flux,
- frazil,
- fresco,
- frosting,
- frozen water,
- furbish,
- gelatin,
- gild,
- glaciation,
- glacier,
- glacieret,
- glance,
- glass,
- glazed frost,
- glint,
- gloss,
- grain,
- granular snow,
- ground ice,
- growler,
- honey,
- hue,
- ice,
- ice banner,
- ice barrier,
- ice belt,
- ice cave,
- ice cubes,
- ice dike,
- ice field,
- ice floe,
- ice foot,
- ice front,
- ice island,
- ice needle,
- ice pack,
- ice pinnacle,
- ice raft,
- ice sheet,
- iceberg,
- icefall,
- icequake,
- icicle,
- icing,
- illuminate,
- imbue,
- ingrain,
- jam,
- japan,
- Jell-O,
- jelly,
- jokul,
- kaolin,
- lacquer,
- lath,
- lay on color,
- lolly,
- luster,
- marmalade,
- meringue,
- mold,
- mousse,
- mull,
- neve,
- nieve penitente,
- pack ice,
- paint,
- paper,
- parget,
- patina,
- petuntse,
- pigment,
- plank,
- polish,
- porcelain clay,
- pot,
- preserve,
- prime,
- refractory clay,
- revet,
- rub,
- saccharify,
- scour,
- serac,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shake,
- shape,
- sheathe,
- sheen,
- shelf ice,
- shellac,
- shine,
- shingle,
- slate,
- sleek,
- sleet,
- slick,
- slick down,
- slip,
- slob,
- slop on paint,
- sludge,
- smear,
- snow ice,
- snowberg,
- stain,
- stipple,
- stone,
- sugar,
- sugar off,
- sugarcoat,
- sweet,
- sweet stuff,
- sweeten,
- sweetmeat,
- sweets,
- thatch,
- throw,
- tile,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- tone,
- turn a pot,
- tutti-frutti,
- undercoat,
- varnish,
- veneer,
- wall in,
- wall up,
- wallpaper,
- wash,
- wax,
- weatherboard,
- whipped cream,
- whitewash