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glazing

/ˈɡleɪzɪŋ/

glazing is the present participle and gerund of glaze.

Noun

glazing (countable and uncountable, plural glazings)

  1. (gerund) The act or process of glazing or an instance thereof.
  2. The material used in such act or process; glaze.
    • Before new glazier's putty can be applied, the various bits of old glazing must be scraped off.
  3. The part of a window or wall made of glass or another transparent material.
  4. All the windows of a building.
  5. The art of covering with a vitreous substance.
  6. Semi-transparent colours painted thinly over others to modify the effect.

Meaning of glaze

Verb

glaze (third-person singular simple present glazes, present participle glazing, simple past and past participle glazed)

  1. (transitive) To install windows.
  2. (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
    • to glaze a doughnut
  3. (intransitive) To become glazed or glassy.
  4. (intransitive) Of eyes: to take on an uninterested appearance; to glaze over.
  5. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To ejaculate onto someone's body.
  6. (derogatory, intransitive, slang, sometimes, transitive, vulgar) To compliment or praise excessively in a cringeworthy way.

See all 16 meanings of glaze

Forms of glazing

pluralglazings

Origin of glazing

Inherited from Middle English glasynge; equivalent to glaze + -ing.

Words formed from glazing

Phrases with glazing

Words that rhyme with glazing

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Questions about glazing

What does glazing mean?
Glazing means the act or process of glazing or an instance thereof.
What is glazing the present participle and gerund of?
Glazing is the present participle and gerund of glaze.
What part of speech is glazing?
Glazing is a noun.
How do you pronounce glazing?
Glazing is pronounced /ˈɡleɪzɪŋ/.
What is the plural of glazing?
The plural of glazing is glazings.

Words near glazing in the dictionary

  1. glaziery
  2. glaziest
  3. glazifluvial
  4. glazily
  5. glaziness
  6. glazing
  7. glazing agent
  8. glazing agents
  9. glazing bar
  10. glazing bars
  11. glazing over

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