Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.

    Glasur

    глазу́рьglazúrʹ, мура́ваmuráva, поли́ваpolíva

    поли́ваpolýva, глазу́рhlazúr

  2. (countable, uncountable)A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

    Lasur

    гля́нецgljánec

  3. (countable, uncountable)A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.

    Reif, Raureif

    и́зморозьízmorozʹ

  4. (countable, uncountable)Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A smooth edible coating applied to food.

    Glasur

    глазу́рьglazúrʹ

  6. (countable, uncountable)Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A glazing oven; glost oven.

  8. (Polari, countable, uncountable)A window.

  9. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.

More definitions
  • a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
  • a glossy finish on a fabric
  • any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods

Examples

18 sentences
  1. I put a glaze on it.

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  2. This house has double glazed windows.

    deDas Haus hier hat doppelverglaste Fenster.

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  3. Tom's house has double glazed windows.

    deToms Haus hat doppelt verglaste Fenster.

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  4. Tom's house has triple glazed windows.

    deToms Haus hat dreifach verglaste Fenster.

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  5. The baker glazed the buns with honey.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
coating on pottery:
Русский
By meaning 3
coating on pottery:
layer of paint:
meteorology: smooth coating of ice caused by freezing rain:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
coating on pottery:
layer of paint:
meteorology: smooth coating of ice caused by freezing rain:

Origin

From Middle English glasen, from glas (“glass”) (Modern English glass), from Old English g

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 may suggest either the spattering of semen on the complimented person, following "the visual of a donut being glazed", or sugarcoating without sexual connotation.

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