glaze

Universal Words verb, noun verb 1 [V] ~ (over) if a person's eyes glaze or glaze over, the person begins to look bored or tired: A lot of people's eyes glaze over if you say you are a feminist. * 'I'm feeling rather tired,' he said, his eyes glazing. 2 [VN] to fit sheets of glass into sth: to glaze a window / house * a glazed door seealsoDOUBLEGLAZING compareGLASS 3 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to cover sth with a glaze to give it a shiny surface: Glaze the pie with beaten egg. * glazed pottery / tiles * (AmE) a glazed doughnut noun [C,U] 1 a thin clear liquid put on clay objects such as cups and plates before they are finished, to give them a hard shiny surface 2 a thin liquid, made of egg, milk or sugar, for example, that is put on cake, bread, etc. to make it look shiny: Brush the top of the cake with the apricot glaze.