Definition

1. Noun:

   • A glossy coating: A thin, glassy coating applied to ceramics, pottery, or other materials to make them smooth, shiny, and often waterproof.
   • A glossy finish: A shiny surface or finish on a fabric or other material.
   • A food coating: A thin, shiny, often sweet or savory liquid coating applied to food.

2. Verb:

   • To apply a glossy coating: To cover with a substance that gives a smooth, shiny surface.
   • To fit with glass: To install glass into a window or door frame.
   • To become glassy: For eyes to take on a fixed, dull, or lifeless appearance, often indicating boredom, distraction, or a medical state.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The artist admired the brilliant blue glaze on the ceramic vase.
  • The donut was covered in a sugary glaze.
• Verb:
  • The potter will glaze the bowls before firing them in the kiln.
  • We need to glaze the new window frames this week.
  • Her eyes began to glaze over during the long, technical lecture.

Advanced Usage

• "to glaze over" (phrasal verb): For eyes to become dull and unfocused, typically due to boredom, fatigue, or inattention.
  • His eyes glazed over as the meeting dragged on past two hours.
• "glazed expression/look": A facial expression characterized by dull, unfocused eyes, showing a lack of interest or mental presence.
  • She listened with a glazed expression, not hearing a word.

Variants and Related Words

• Glazing (n): 1. The act or process of applying a glaze. 2. The glass or glaze itself. 3. The glass panes in a window.
  • The glazing of the windows was completed yesterday.
• Glazier (n): A person whose job is to fit glass into windows and doors.
• Unglazed (adj): Not coated with a glaze; lacking a shiny finish.
  • Unglazed pottery has a porous, matte surface.

Synonyms

• Noun (coating): Finish, coating, luster, polish, varnish.
• Verb (to coat): Varnish, lacquer, coat, polish.
• Verb (eyes): Film over, become glassy.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Glaze over: (For eyes) to lose expression and become fixed and glassy.
  • Whenever he talks about tax law, my mind just glazes over.

Related Idioms

• (Eyes) glaze over: An idiom describing the moment someone stops paying attention, often due to boredom or complexity.
  • I tried to read the manual, but my eyes glazed over after the first page.

Noun

1. a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
2. a glossy finish on a fabric
3. any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods

Verb

1. coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
2. furnish with glass
   • glass the windows
3. become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
   • Her eyes glaze over when she is bored
4. coat with a glaze
   • the potter glazed the dishes
   • glaze the bread with eggwhite