Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Covered with a shiny, smooth coating: Describes a surface, often of food, that has been coated with a glossy substance like sugar, egg, or gelatin to create a shiny finish.
   • Having a shiny or glass-like surface: Describes any material or object that has a smooth, reflective, and often hard surface.
   • Fitted or covered with glass: Describes a structure, such as a window or wall, that has been equipped with panes of glass.
   • (Of eyes) lacking liveliness or focus: Describes eyes that appear dull, unfocused, or expressionless, often due to boredom, fatigue, or shock.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Food Coating):
  • The baker sells beautifully glazed pastries.
  • For the recipe, you need a glazed ham.
• Adjective (Shiny Surface):
  • The potter fired the glazed ceramic vase.
  • The floor was made of glazed tiles.
• Adjective (Fitted with Glass):
  • The modern office has a glazed facade.
  • They sat in the glazed porch.
• Adjective (Eyes):
  • After the long lecture, the students had glazed expressions.
  • He listened with a glazed look on his face.

Advanced Usage

• "glazed over": Often used to describe eyes that become dull and lose focus, typically from boredom or inattention.
  • Her eyes glazed over as he continued his tedious explanation.

Variants and Related Words

• Glaze (verb): To fit with glass or to cover with a glossy coating.
  • She will glaze the doughnuts with sugar icing.
• Glaze (noun): A shiny coating applied to food or pottery.
  • The pot was finished with a clear glaze.
• Unglazed (adj.): Not having a shiny coating or not fitted with glass.
  • The unglazed pottery had a rustic texture.

Synonyms

• Shiny: Reflecting light.
• Glassy: Having a smooth, shiny surface like glass; (for eyes) blank and fixed.
• Lacquered: Coated with a glossy substance.
• Vitreous: Having the nature of glass; glassy.

Related Phrases

• Glazed look/expression: A fixed, blank, or unfocused expression on someone's face.
  • He had a glazed look from staring at the screen too long.

Adjective

1. (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture
   • glazed doughnuts
   • a glazed ham
2. having a shiny surface or coating
   • glazed fabrics
   • glazed doughnuts
3. fitted or covered with glass
   • four glazed walls
4. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
   • empty eyes
   • a glassy stare
   • his eyes were glazed over with boredom