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Glossy surface on sweet or savoury food.

n. A thin, glossy coating for both hot and cold foods. A savory glaze might be a reduced meat stock or aspic, whereas a sweet glaze could be anything from melted jelly to a chocolate coating. An egg wash brushed on pastry before baking to add color and shine is also called a glaze. glaze v. To coat food with a thin, liquid, sweet or savory mixture that will be smooth and shiny after setting.

noun

A radiant brightness or glow, usually due to light reflected from a smooth surface: burnish, gloss, luster, polish, sheen, shine, sleekness. See light/darkness.

verb

To give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction: buff¹, burnish, furbish, gloss, polish, shine, sleek. See light/darkness.

n

Definition: varnish, lacquer
Antonyms: stripper

v

Definition: varnish, lacquer
Antonyms: strip

1. A ceramic coating, usually thin, glossy, and glass-like, formed on the surface of pottery, earthenware, etc.
2. The material from which the ceramic coating is made.
3. To install glass in windows, doors, storefronts, curtain walls, and various other segments of building construction.

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A transparent or semi-transparent vitreous or glassy layer fused on to the surface of a pot. This term is not correctly used to describe any other type of shiny surface.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.; A thin glossy finish used on food, fabric, ceramic, metal, etc; v. - Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance;

Tutor's tip: Someone might dig up clay from the "gleys" (clay layers under the soil), make a pot and "glaze" (a glossy coat put onto ceramics) it.

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i. An aircraft brake malfunction in which a hard, glasslike coating forms on the brake disc surface, causing the brakes to chatter, squeal, and be less effective.
ii. The sheet or thin coating of ice that forms when rain falls on surfaces with subfreezing temperatures and freezes. There is little or no air between the layers of ice. If this coating becomes thick, it can significantly affect the aircraft performance because it causes additional weight and deformation of the aerodynamic surfaces. This can lead to drag and the loss of lift. Also known as clear ice and freezing rain.



Falling rain freezes on coming into contact with very cold surface.



Glaze ice.

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An external coating often made using gums, sugars, starches or other carbohydrates, or proteins. A glaze usually contributes a shiny coating. Honey glazed ham is one example.

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n

A critical stage in the final firing of dental porcelain when complete fusion takes place, with the formation of a thin, vitreous, glossy surface, or glaze.

For a list of words related to glaze, see:

• Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - glaze: (vb) coat with smooth, impermeable finish
• Cooking Techniques - glaze: (vb) cover with glossy coating of juices, aspic, syrup, or egg
• Painting Tools and Techniques - glaze: thin, translucent layer of color
• Ceramics and Glassmaking - glaze: glossy, vitreous, waterproof coating fused by heat to pottery; glost; (vb) apply such a surface to a ceramic
• Verbs of Sight - glaze: get a blurred, glassy look in one’s eyes

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - glasere, glitte, satinere, polere, sætte ruder i
v. intr. - sløres
n. - glasur, glasering, glanspoleret flade, højglans, kødgele

idioms:

• glaze over    sløre til

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorzien van glas (ruiten), glazuren, met suikerglazuur/ijs bedekken, glazig worden, (doen) glanzen, polijsten, glazuur, suikerglazuur, vernis, dunne ijslaag

Français (French)
v. tr. - mettre (qch) sous verre, vernisser, vernir (le cuir), lustrer (un tissu), (Culin, Phot) glacer, (US) rendre (qch) lisse
v. intr. - devenir vitreux (le regard)
n. - vernis, glaçure, lustre, glacis, (Culin) glaçage, nappage, (US) verglas

idioms:

• glaze over    devenir vitreux

Deutsch (German)
v. - verglasen, glasieren, sanitieren, lasieren
n. - Glasur, Lasur, Appretur

idioms:

• glaze over    glasig werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βάζω/περνώ τζάμια, στιλβώνω, βερνικώνω, γυαλίζω, γκλασάρω
n. - στίλβωση, βερνίκι, στιλπνότητα, γυαλάδα, σμάλτο

idioms:

• glaze over    γίνομαι άτονος, θαμπός

Italiano (Italian)
smaltare, smalto

idioms:

• glaze over    velarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - vitrificar, esmaltar, recobrir-se de matéria lustrosa ou vítrea
n. - verniz (m)

idioms:

• glaze over    tornar-se vítreo (olhos)

Русский (Russian)
глазурь, тонкий слой льда, покрывать глазурью, полировать, стеклить

idioms:

• glaze over    иметь отсутствующий взгляд, замять дело

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - vidriar, barnizar, glasear, alisar, sacar brillo, poner cristales
v. intr. - ponerse vidrioso o brillante
n. - aguanieve, vidriado, superficie suave y brillante, sustancia suave y brillante para recubrir objetos

idioms:

• glaze over    vidriarse (ojos), ponerse vidrioso

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - glasa, glasera, lasera (mål.), polera, bli glasartad (om blick)
n. - glasyr, lasyr (mål.), glans, glattis

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
装以玻璃, 上釉于, 变成为光滑, 变呆滞, 釉, 光滑面, 上光

idioms:

• glaze over    变得呆滞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 裝以玻璃, 上釉於
v. intr. - 變成為光滑, 變呆滯
n. - 釉, 光滑面, 上光

idioms:

• glaze over    變得呆滯

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 유리를 달다, 윤 내다
v. intr. - 광택이 나다, 흐려지다
n. - 광택을 내는 것, 흐림

idioms:

• glaze over    (눈이) 흐리게 보이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ガラスをはめる, ガラス窓を付ける, 上薬をかける, 光沢を付ける, どんよりする, 照りを付ける
n. - つや, 上薬, つやつやした表面, 上塗り, 雨氷

idioms:

• glaze over    どんよりする, どんよりさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضع للشيء زجاجا (الاسم) طلاء للتلميع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮זיגג, כיסה בזכוכית, ליטש‬
v. intr. - ‮הזדגג, הצטעף, צופה בזכוכית, נהיה חלק כזכוכית‬
n. - ‮זגוגית, ציפוי זגוגי, קרום, משטח חלק, ציפוי קרח דק‬

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