glaze
The glaze on a doughnut is the thin sweet coating that makes your fingers sticky. The glaze on a coffee table is the shiny coating that makes it glossy. The glaze on your friend's eyes as you talk is a sign that maybe you're boring her.
Like glass, a glaze is a shiny clear substance so it's no surprise that they both come from the same root word glas. Objects that have a glaze on them include ceramic pots and doughnuts. If you glaze over something, you're covering it with a thin clear substance that makes it look polished. If someone says your eyes are starting to glaze over, snap out of it and look alive.
Definitions of glaze
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a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
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any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods
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type of:
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topping
a flavorful addition on top of a dish
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topping
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a glossy finish on a fabric
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type of:
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burnish, gloss, glossiness, polish
the property of being smooth and shiny
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burnish, gloss, glossiness, polish
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coat with a glaze
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coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
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become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance“Her eyes glaze over when she is bored”
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synonyms:
glass, glass over, glaze over
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type of:
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change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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change
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furnish with glass
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