'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
Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: sugarcoat, glaze, candy]

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'

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