English Explanatory Dictionary

glaze

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.
  2. A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.
  3. A smooth coating of ice formed on objects due to the freezing of rain; glaze ice.
  4. Any smooth, transparent layer or coating.
  5. A smooth edible coating applied to food.
  6. Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.
  7. A glazing oven; glost oven.
  8. A window.
  9. Excessive complimenting or praise, especially in a cringeworthy way.
verb
  1. To install windows.
  2. To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
  3. To become glazed or glassy.
  4. Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
  5. To ejaculate onto someone's body.
  6. To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ɡleɪz/ en-us-glaze.ogg

Word forms

glaze glazes glase glazing glazed

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". The noun is from the verb.

Synonyms

glacé flatter suck up kiss ass dickride meatride fanboy

Related words

deglaze glare glass glazen glazier's fallacy glazier's point glazier's putty glazier

Derived words

alkaline glaze Bristol glaze confectioner's glaze confectioners' glaze deglaze glazework glazy onglaze salt glaze star the glaze glaze coat overglaze underglaze double-glaze glazeable glaze over glazer glazery glaze up double glazing double-glazing glazing agent glazing bar glazing reglaze unglaze
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