glaze over

verb — 3 senses

glaze over

verb
1

Of eyes To become unfocused, as if through boredom.

  • Someone's eyes may glaze over before or during a seizure.
2

To form a glazed coating: to ice over or otherwise to become covered in a glossy sheen.

3

Proscribed To gloss over.

Viewed as catachrestic

  • An important issue that is often glazed over.
Derived terms
mego

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