glaze

C2+ Topic:Cooking & Baking

US /ˈɡleɪz/ UK /ˈɡleɪz/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like graze /l/ vs /r/

Meanings

1

verb
to cover with a smooth shiny coating, or such a coating itself

The baker brushed a sugar glaze over the warm pastries.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Multiword verbs with glaze

glaze over Phrasal verb C2+

to become glassy and lose an alert or focused expression, especially of eyes

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to cover with a smooth... coat varnish lacquer enamel gloss polish

Word family

Forms unglazed

Derived forms glazedglazingglazer

Related forms glazierglass

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Phrases (1)

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glaze over
become glassy and lose an alert or focused expression, especially of eyes

Verb + adverb

Etymology

From Middle English glasen ('to fit with glass, to glaze'), a derivative of glas ('glass'), from Old English glæs.

glasen Middle English glæs Old English

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Topics

Cooking & Baking Actions & Processes

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# glaze

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡleɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡleɪz/

## Meanings
1. to cover with a smooth shiny coating, or such a coating itself

## Examples
- The baker brushed a sugar glaze over the warm pastries.

## Synonyms
- coat
- varnish
- lacquer
- enamel
- gloss
- polish

## Derived Forms
- glazed
- glazing
- glazer

## Related Forms
- glazier
- glass

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: glasen
- Root: glæs

## Etymology
From Middle English glasen ('to fit with glass, to glaze'), a derivative of glas ('glass'), from Old English glæs.

## AI Etymology
Glaze comes from Middle English glasen ('to fit with glass, to glaze'), a derivative of glas ('glass'), from Old English glæs. The development is chiefly inherited within English and its older relatives, with the later form continuing material already present in the language's ancestry. In present use, it is used as a verb and noun meaning "to cover with a smooth shiny coating, or such a coating itself", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as glazed, glazing, and glazer and related forms such as glazier and glass, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Middle English glasen and Old English glæs, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood includes coat, varnish, lacquer, and enamel, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Cooking & Baking
- Actions & Processes

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