glaze

  • 11glaze — I UK [ɡleɪz] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms glaze : singular glaze plural glazes 1) a thin layer of milk, sugar, or egg that you put on foods to make them look smooth and shiny 2) art a clear shiny oil that you put on paintings or… …

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  • 12glaze — [[t]gle͟ɪz[/t]] glazes, glazing, glazed 1) N COUNT A glaze is a thin layer of liquid which is put on a piece of pottery and becomes hard and shiny when the pottery is heated in a very hot oven. ...hand painted French tiles with decorative glazes …

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  • 13glaze — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a fit (a window, picture, etc.) with glass. b provide (a building) with glass windows. 2 tr. a cover (pottery etc.) with a glaze. b fix (paint) on pottery with a glaze. 3 tr. cover (pastry, meat, etc.) with a glaze. 4 intr.… …

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  • 14glaze — glaze1 [gleız] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: glass] 1.) [i]also glaze over if your eyes glaze over, they show no expression, usually because you are very bored or tired ▪ Sometimes his eyes would glaze over for a second or two. 2.) [T] to cover… …

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  • 15glaze — I. verb (glazed; glazing) Etymology: Middle English glasen, from glas glass Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to furnish or fit with glass 2. a. to coat with or as if with a glaze < the storm glazed trees with ice > …

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  • 16glaze — glazily, adv. glaziness, n. /glayz/, v., glazed, glazing, n. v.t. 1. to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window. 2. 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&#8230; …

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  • 17glazé — tudi glacé ja [druga oblika glasé] m (ẹ̑) 1. usnj. mehko, navadno belo kozje usnje za rokavice: izdelovati iz glazeja / strojiti na glaze 2. tekst. zelo lesketajoča se tkanina, ki spreminja barve, ali svilena tkanina z vtkanimi zlatimi ali&#8230; …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 18glaze — Glost oven Glost ov en An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; also called {glaze kiln}, or {glaze}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19Glaze — This uncommon surname, chiefly recorded in the West Midland counties of Shropshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, deriving from the Olde English pre&#8230; …

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  • 20glaze — glaze1 [ gleız ] noun count or uncount 1. ) a thin layer of milk, sugar, or egg that you put on foods to make them look smooth and shiny 2. ) a clear shiny oil that you put on paintings or on objects made of clay, leather, or paper to protect&#8230; …

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