transcription, транскрипция: [ ɡleɪz ]
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a fit (a window, picture, etc.) with glass. b provide (a building) with glass windows. 2 tr. a cover (pottery etc.) with a glaze. b fix (paint) on pottery with a glaze. 3 tr. cover (pastry, meat, etc.) with a glaze. 4 intr. (often foll. by over) (of the eyes) become fixed or glassy (his eyes glazed over). 5 tr. cover (cloth, paper, leather, a painted surface, etc.) with a glaze. 6 tr. give a glassy surface to, e.g. by rubbing. --n. 1 a vitreous substance, usu. a special glass, used to glaze pottery. 2 a smooth shiny coating of milk, sugar, gelatine, etc., on food. 3 a thin topcoat of transparent paint used to modify the tone of the underlying colour. 4 a smooth surface formed by glazing. 5 US a thin coating of ice. øglazed frost a glassy coating of ice caused by frozen rain or a sudden thaw succeeded by a frost. glaze in enclose (a building, a window frame, etc.) with glass. øøglazer n. glazy adj. [ME f. an oblique form of GLASS]