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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is glaze a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, glaze is tagged as verb.
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