GLAZE


Meaning of GLAZE in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a glazed expression (= one that shows you are not concentrating on the things around you )

From her glazed expression, he knew she had been taking drugs.

double glazing

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

over

Beyond that point, unless her interest is awakened, Mrs Thatcher's eyes glaze over .

Their faces glaze over as if in a trance.

Now my eyes are starting to glaze over .

Oh, he noticed her eyes glazing over when he talked about it.

Do your eyes glaze over when the computer freaks start talking?

Frankly, I usually glaze over ads.

She smiled softly, her eyes glazed over as if she were daydreaming.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

glazed look/eyes/expression etc

But he still remembered the hidden yawns, the glazed looks and drooping eyelids.

Has anyone noticed that Nicolas Cage has gotten a sort of stoned-out, glazed look to him of late?

He did not acknowledge Conroy, but hurried on down with that glazed look of some one already encased in their next entrance.

Instead, you held your head high and let a glazed look mask your eyes.

The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes.

They had the distended bellies and glazed eyes of famine.

With glazed eyes he was staring into the middle distance.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

By the second chapter, your eyes begin to glaze .

Temperatures fell suddenly, glazing all highways in the region.

The rolls are glazed with egg before they are baked.

We later learned that the dishes had not been properly glazed.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Beyond that point, unless her interest is awakened, Mrs Thatcher's eyes glaze over.

Their faces glaze over as if in a trance.

When a pot is glazed it typically undergoes two firings.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

apricot

Brush the top of one semi-circle with apricot glaze and place the other on top to form a half-moon sandwich.

Brush the whole cake with apricot glaze , then roll out the remaining marzipan to a large circle to cover.

Trim it to fit exactly and brush with apricot glaze .

Brush with some of the apricot glaze .

Secure the cakes together with a little apricot glaze and brush all over with the remaining glaze.

Brush all over the outside and inside with apricot glaze .

Allow to cool slightly, then brush top of the cake with apricot glaze .

Arrange fruit and nuts over the top then, using a pastry brush, glaze carefully with apricot glaze.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Add the sherry to the pan, and stir until it has been reduced to a glaze .

Brush with tamarind glaze , turn, brush top with glaze, and cook until done, 3 to 5 minutes.

Far out, the bay had a glaze like celadon.

However, one obvious difference between glazes and glasses is that glazes are made specifically for their attachment to pottery surfaces.

Most new wood comes with a finish called a mill glaze .

Spoon the glaze over the kiwi fruit.

The unpredictability of the glaze means that each pot is unique.

Thus the composition was blocked in on a warm basis, over which he would lay a series of glazes.

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