All glaze synonyms
glaze
G g verb glaze
- varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- 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.
- burnish — To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
- glance — to look quickly or briefly.
- buff — Something that is buff is pale brown in colour.
- incrust — to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- vitrify — to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance
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.
- glint — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- polish — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- luster — a person who lusts: a luster after power.
- patina — a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- coating — A coating of a substance is a thin layer of it spread over a surface.
- seal — a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
- veneer — a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
- paint — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- lacquer — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- enamel — An opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating.
- lustre — lustrum (def 1).