glaze

to furnish or fill with glass.

to give a vitreous surface or coating to (a ceramic or the like), as by the application of a substance or by fusion of the body.

to cover with a smooth, glossy surface or coating.

Cooking.��to coat (a food) with sugar, a sugar syrup, or some other glossy, edible substance.

Fine Arts.��to cover (a painted surface or parts of it) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone.

to give a glassy surface to, as by polishing.

to give a coating of ice to (frozen food) by dipping in water.

to grind (cutlery blades) in preparation for finishing.

to become glazed or glassy.

(of a grinding wheel) to lose abrasive quality through polishing of the surface from wear.

a smooth, glossy surface or coating.

the substance for producing such a coating.

Ceramics.��

1. a vitreous layer or coating on a piece of pottery.

2. the substance of which such a layer or coating is made.

Fine Arts.��a thin layer of transparent color spread over a painted surface.

a smooth, lustrous surface on certain fabrics, produced by treating the material with a chemical and calendering.

Cooking.��

1. a substance used to coat a food, especially sugar or sugar syrup.

2. stock cooked down to a thin paste for applying to the surface of meats.

especially British, glazed frost.��Also called silver frost, silver thaw, verglas.��Also called glaze ice,.��a thin coating of ice on terrestrial objects, caused by rain that freezes on impact.