dictionary definitions for "glazed"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  glazed
      adj 1: used of eyes lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy
             stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom" [syn:
              glassy]
      2: fitted or covered with glass; "four glazed walls" [syn:
         glassed] [ant: unglazed]
      3: having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed
         doughnuts" [syn: shiny] [ant: unglazed]
      4: (of foods) covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g.
         beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture; "glazed
         doughnuts"; "a glazed ham"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  glassed \glassed\ glazed \glazed\adj.
     1. fitted or covered with glass; as, a glassed wall. Opposite
        of unglazed.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glaze \Glaze\ (gl[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed
     (gl[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] [OE. glasen, glazen,
     fr. glas. See Glass.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with
        glass.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and
              glazed with crystalline glass.        --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface,
        consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze
        earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or
        glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Paint.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent
        color to (another color), to modify the effect.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Cookery) To cover (a donut, cupcake, meat, etc.) with a
        thin layer of edible syrup, or other substance which may
        solidify to a glossy coating. The material used for
        glazing is usually sweet or highly flavored.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  glazed \glazed\ (gl[=a]zd) adj.
     1. Same as glassed.
  
     Syn: glassed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. Having a shiny surface or coating; as, glazed fabrics;
        glazed doughnuts. [Narrower terms: {glassy, vitreous,
        vitrified}; glossy, calendered; {icy ; {glac['e]}]
        unglazed
  
     Syn: shiny.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Lacking liveliness; -- used of eyes; as, a glazed look.
  
     Syn: glassy.
          [WordNet 1.5]


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