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- [gleyz]
- /gleɪz/
- /ɡleɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gleyz]
- /gleɪz/
Definitions of glaze word
- verb with object glaze to furnish or fill with glass: to glaze a window. 1
- verb with object glaze 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 body. 1
- verb with object glaze to cover with a smooth, glossy surface or coating. 1
- verb with object glaze Cookery. to coat (a food) with sugar, a sugar syrup, or some other glossy, edible substance. 1
- verb with object glaze Fine Arts. to cover (a painted surface or parts of it) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone. 1
- verb with object glaze to give a glassy surface to, as by polishing. 1
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Origin of glaze
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English glasen, derivative of glas glass
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Parts of speech for Glaze
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
glaze popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
glaze usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for glaze
noun glaze
- sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- shine — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- coat — A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
verb glaze
- rub — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- overlay — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- furbish — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- glass — Carter, 1858–1946, U.S. statesman.
Antonyms for glaze
noun glaze
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