glaze
see also: Glaze
Etymology
Glaze
Proper noun
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see also: Glaze
Etymology
From Middle English glasen, from glas (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą.
The noun is from the verb.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ɡleɪz/
glaze
- (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
- 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:
- […] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]
- A smooth edible coating applied to food.
- (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- A glazing oven; glost oven.
- glass
- glazier
- glazier's fallacy
- glazier's points
- glazier's putty
- glazing bar
- French: glaçure, émail
- German: Glasur
- Portuguese: esmalte
- Russian: глазу́рь
- Spanish: esmalte, frita, vidriado
- French: glaçage
- German: Glasur
- Italian: glassa
- Portuguese: glacê
- Russian: глазу́рь
- Spanish: glasé, glaseado
- French: glaçage
glaze (glazes, present participle glazing; simple past and past participle glazed)
- (transitive) To install windows.
- (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
- to glaze a doughnut
- (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
- (intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, derogatory) To compliment or praise someone excessively in a cringeworthy way.
- Synonyms: suck up, kiss ass, dickride, meatride
- French: vitrer
- Russian: застекли́ть
- Russian: остекли́ться
- German: lasieren
- Russian: лессирова́ть
- Spanish: barnizar
- Russian: глазирова́ть
- Spanish: vidriar
- French: devenir virtreux
- Russian: стеклене́ть
- Russian: пя́литься
Glaze
Proper noun
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