Etymology From 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 suggests the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed"; could be derived by analogy of sugarcoating first before a sexual connotation is taken separately. The noun is from the verb.
Ceramics, Chemistry, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
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A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
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Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
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Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
[…] In the distance the flowing glaze, the breast of the river, with a wind-dapple here and there, […]1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
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A smooth edible coating applied to food.
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Cooking, Food, Lifestyle Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
Etymology From 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 suggests the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed"; could be derived by analogy of sugarcoating first before a sexual connotation is taken separately. The noun is from the verb.
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To install windows.
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To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
to glaze a doughnut
An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
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To become glazed or glassy.
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Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.