to give a vitreous surface or coating to (a ceramic or the like), as by the application of a substance or by fusion of the body.
to cover with a smooth, glossy surface or coating.
Cooking. to coat (a food) with sugar, a sugar syrup, or some other glossy, edible substance.
Fine Arts. to cover (a painted surface or parts of it) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone.
to give a glassy surface to, as by polishing.
to give a coating of ice to (frozen food) by dipping in water.
to grind (cutlery blades) in preparation for finishing.
verb (used without object),glazed,glaz·ing.
to become glazed or glassy: Their eyes glazed over as the lecturer droned on.
(of a grinding wheel) to lose abrasive quality through polishing of the surface from wear.
noun
a smooth, glossy surface or coating.
the substance for producing such a coating.
Ceramics.
a vitreous layer or coating on a piece of pottery.
the substance of which such a layer or coating is made.
Fine Arts. a thin layer of transparent color spread over a painted surface.
a smooth, lustrous surface on certain fabrics, produced by treating the material with a chemical and calendering.
Cooking.
a substance used to coat a food, especially sugar or sugar syrup.
stock cooked down to a thin paste for applying to the surface of meats.
Also called glaze ice,silver frost, silver thaw, verglas; especially British, glazed frost . a thin coating of ice on terrestrial objects, caused by rain that freezes on impact.Compare rime1 (def. 1).
Origin of glaze
1325–75; Middle English glasen, derivative of glasglass
OTHER WORDS FROM glaze
glaz·i·ly,adverbglaz·i·ness,nounre·glaze,verb (used with object),re·glazed,re·glaz·ing.sem·i·glaze,noun