glaze

/gleɪz/

/gleɪz/

Other forms: glazed; glazing; glazes

The glaze on a doughnut is the thin sweet coating that makes your fingers sticky. The glaze on a coffee table is the shiny coating that makes it glossy. The glaze on your friend's eyes as you talk is a sign that maybe you're boring her.

Like glass, a glaze is a shiny clear substance so it's no surprise that they both come from the same root word glas. Objects that have a glaze on them include ceramic pots and doughnuts. If you glaze over something, you're covering it with a thin clear substance that makes it look polished. If someone says your eyes are starting to glaze over, snap out of it and look alive.

Definitions of glaze

1. noun

   a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
   types:

   luster, lustre

   a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

   type of:

   coating, finish, finishing

   a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
2. noun

   any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
   type of:

   topping

   a flavorful addition on top of a dish
3. noun

   a glossy finish on a fabric
   type of:

   burnish, gloss, glossiness, polish

   the property of being smooth and shiny
4. verb

   coat with a glaze
   “the potter glazed the dishes”

   “glaze the bread with eggwhite”

   type of:

   coat, surface

   put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
5. verb

   coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
   synonyms: candy, sugarcoat

   type of:

   dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten

   make sweeter in taste
6. verb

   become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
   “Her eyes glaze over when she is bored”

   synonyms: glass, glass over, glaze over

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
7. verb

   furnish with glass
   synonyms: glass

   types:

   double-glaze

   provide with two sheets of glass

   type of:

   furnish, provide, render, supply

   give something useful or necessary to