Definition of "glaze"

glaze

/ɡleɪz/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural glazes
1. (ceramics) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
3. (meteorology) A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
4. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
5. (cooking) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
6. A glazing oven; glost oven.
verb
third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed
1. (transitive) To install windows.
2. (transitive, ceramics, painting) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
  Quotations
  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, page 248
3. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
4. (intransitive) For eyes to take on an uninterested appearance.