glaze
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
- a glossy finish on a fabric
- a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
Verb (4)
- coat with a glaze“the potter glazed the dishes”“glaze the bread with eggwhite”
- become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance“Her eyes glaze over when she is bored”Synonyms: glassglass overglaze over
- furnish with glass“glass the windows”Synonyms: glass
- coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glazeSynonyms: sugarcoatcandy
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
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]