glazed

/gleɪzd/

/gleɪzd/

Something with a glossy, shiny surface is glazed. Your favorite doughnuts might be glazed with icing, and your least favorite kind of road to drive on could be glazed with ice after a winter storm.

Glazed pottery is coated with a smooth and gleaming layer. You can also use the adjective glazed to describe a person's emotionless or glassy eyes, or windows that are fitted with panes of glass. All of these meanings come from the verb glaze, a variation on the Middle English glasen, which means both "to fit with glass" and "to make shine."

Definitions of glazed

1. adjective

   having a shiny surface or coating
   “glazed fabrics”

   “glazed doughnuts”

   synonyms: shiny

   glassy, vitreous, vitrified

   (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it

   glass-like

   resembling glass

   calendered, glossy

   (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers

   icy

   shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice

   antonyms:

   unglazed

   not having a shiny coating

   unvitrified

   (of ceramics) lacking a vitreous finish
2. adjective

   (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture
   “glazed doughnuts”

   “a glazed ham”

   synonyms:

   coated

   having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination
3. adjective

   (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
   “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”

   synonyms: glassy

   empty

   holding or containing nothing
4. adjective

   fitted or covered with glass
   “four glazed walls”

   synonyms: glassed

   antonyms:

   unglazed

   not furnished with glass