/ɡleɪz/
OriginFrom Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Related to glazen. In the sense of "overcompliment", originated in November 2021 and popularized throughout 2022, and allegedly "follows the visual of a donut being glazed".
The noun is from the verb.
- countable, uncountableThe vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
- countable, uncountableA transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
- countable, uncountableA smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
- countable, uncountableAny smooth, transparent layer or coating.
“[…] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]”
- countable, uncountableA smooth edible coating applied to food.
- countable, uncountableBroth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
- countable, uncountableA glazing oven; glost oven.
- Polari, countable, uncountableA window.
- transitiveTo install windows.
- transitiveTo apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
“to glaze a doughnut”
“An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.”
- intransitiveTo become glazed or glassy.
- intransitiveOf eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
Formsglazes(plural) · glase(alternative, obsolete) · glazes(present, singular, third-person) · glazing(participle, present) · glazed(participle, past) · glazed(past) · Glazes(plural)