Word
glazed
US/ˈɡɫeɪzd/
UK/ɡlˈeɪzd/
Definition
adj. covered with a thin, smooth, and shiny coating. You use this to describe food like donuts or eyes that look tired and empty.
adj. covered with a vitreous or glossy coating; also describes eyes that have become dull or expressionless due to fatigue or boredom. Often used as a participial adjective following a linking verb.
Examples
“The fresh donuts are glazed with sweet sugar.”
“After three hours of the technical lecture, most of the students had glazed eyes and were barely listening.”
“The architect specified that the ceramic tiles be heavily glazed to reflect the natural light coming through the atrium's glass ceiling.”
Examples
simple
“The fresh donuts are glazed with sweet sugar.”
contextual
“After three hours of the technical lecture, most of the students had glazed eyes and were barely listening.”
complex
“The architect specified that the ceramic tiles be heavily glazed to reflect the natural light coming through the atrium's glass ceiling.”
Usage
Often appears as a participial adjective; when describing eyes, it is frequently followed by the preposition 'over'.
Domain
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