glazing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb coat with a glaze
    glaze.
    • the potter glazed the dishes
    • glaze the bread with eggwhite
  2. verb become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
    glaze over; glass; glass over; glaze.
    • Her eyes glaze over when she is bored
  3. verb furnish with glass
    glass; glaze.
    • glass the windows
  4. verb coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze
    glaze; candy; sugarcoat.

WordNet


Glaz"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy.
  2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.
  3. The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper.
  4. (Paint.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

Webster 1913