GLAZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does glaze mean?
• GLAZE (noun)
The noun GLAZE has 3 senses:
1. any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
2. a glossy finish on a fabric
3. coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.
Familiarity information: GLAZE used as a noun is uncommon.
• GLAZE (verb)
The verb GLAZE has 4 senses:
1. coat with a glaze
2. become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
3. furnish with glass
4. coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
Familiarity information: GLAZE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GLAZE (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("glaze" is a kind of...):
topping (a flavorful addition on top of a dish)
Meaning:
A glossy finish on a fabric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("glaze" is a kind of...):
burnish; gloss; glossiness; polish (the property of being smooth and shiny)
Meaning:
Coating for fabrics, ceramics, metal, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("glaze" is a kind of...):
coating; finish; finishing (a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glaze"):
luster; lustre (a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain)
• GLAZE (verb)
Meaning:
Coat with a glaze
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
the potter glazed the dishes
Hypernyms (to "glaze" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Also:
glaze over (become glassy; lose clear vision)
Meaning:
Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
glass over; glaze over; glaze; glass
Context example:
Her eyes glaze over when she is bored
Hypernyms (to "glaze" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Furnish with glass
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
glass; glaze
Context example:
glass the windows
Hypernyms (to "glaze" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glaze"):
double-glaze (provide with two sheets of glass)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
candy; sugarcoat; glaze
Hypernyms (to "glaze" is one way to...):
dulcify; dulcorate; edulcorate; sweeten (make sweeter in taste)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
