# glaze

Pronunciation: say "GLAYZ" /ɡleɪz/

## Verb

1. To coat something with a glaze: a thin, smooth, usually glossy layer, as on pottery or food.
   - Simple: To cover something with a thin, smooth coating, often to make it shiny.
   - _Many potters glaze their bowls only after a first firing has hardened the clay._
   - _Glazing the pastry with beaten egg gives it a golden shine._
3. To fit a window, door, frame, or building with panes of glass.
   - Simple: To put glass into windows, doors, or frames.
   - _The crew glazed the new library with tall panes that face the park._
   - _It costs more to glaze an old home because every frame is a different size._
5. Of the eyes, to take on a dull, uninterested look.
   - Simple: Of eyes, to start to look dull and bored.
   - _Her eyes glazed halfway through the quarterly sales report._
   - _Students' eyes glaze when a lecture runs past the hour._
9. To compliment or praise someone excessively, in a way others find cringeworthy. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To praise someone far too much, in a way that is embarrassing to watch.
   - _His fans glaze every move he makes like he invented basketball._
   - _That review isn't criticism; the writer is just glazing for three pages._
8. To take on a glazed or glassy surface or look.
   - Simple: To become shiny and glassy.
   - _The windshield glazed over with ice while we were inside the restaurant, so we had to scrape it before driving home._
   - _Brake pads can glaze when they overheat on a long mountain descent, and then they barely grip._
12. To ejaculate onto another person's body. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To release semen onto another person's body.

## Noun

2. A shiny coating put on food, such as a sugar syrup, egg wash or stock boiled down until thick.
   - Simple: A shiny layer, like sugar or sauce, spread over food.
   - _Brush the carrots with a maple glaze before roasting them._
   - _The lemon cake is finished with a thin sugar glaze that sets as it cools._
4. The glassy coating on pottery or porcelain, or any material used to coat or color ware during glazing.
   - Simple: The hard, glassy coating on pottery, or the material used to make it.
   - _A crackle glaze gives the plates their fine web of lines._
   - _The studio mixes its own glazes, using metal oxides for color._
6. Any smooth, transparent layer or coating on a surface.
   - Simple: Any smooth, clear layer that covers something.
   - _A glaze of oil on the puddle shimmered in every color._
   - _The windshield was covered with a greasy glaze that the wipers only smeared._
7. A layer of paint that is transparent or partly transparent.
   - Simple: A thin layer of paint that you can see through, or almost see through.
   - _The portrait's skin tones were built up with glaze after glaze of thin oil color._
   - _A warm glaze over the gray wall gave the room a soft, aged look._
10. Excessive compliments or praise, especially of an embarrassing, over-the-top kind. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Too much praise for someone, especially the kind that is embarrassing to hear.
   - _The post got so much glaze that even the singer's own fans started mocking it._
   - _Every video about him is ninety percent glaze and ten percent actual analysis._
11. A smooth coating of ice that forms on objects when rain freezes on them.
   - Simple: A smooth layer of ice that forms when rain freezes on things.
   - _Half an inch of glaze brought down power lines across the county._
   - _Forecasters warned that glaze could make bridges dangerous by morning._

## Origin

From Middle English glasen, from glas, "glass", from Old English glæs and Proto-Germanic *glasą; the noun comes from the verb. The sense "to overcompliment" originated in November 2021 and was popularized throughout 2022.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/glaze (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).