1
: covered or coated with a glaze
glazed pottery
glazed fish
glazed doughnuts
2
: covered with or as if with a glassy film
glazed eyes
3
: marked by lack of expression

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Shipley Do-Nuts is helping customers ease the Tax Day blues with a $4.15 deal for a half dozen glazed donuts, available Friday, April 11 through Tuesday, April 15. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 In a sea of subtle glazed nails and micro-French manicures, Rihanna's matte black nails are a breath of fresh air. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Apr. 2025 The Fruity Pebbles Milk original glazed doughnut is available in-store, in the drive-thru and online until Sunday, April 6, while supplies last, the doughnut chain said. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025 In Rubens’s version, Adam leans strenuously forward, his midsection torqued in a desperate effort to divert Eve’s glazed eyes from temptation. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glazed

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of glazed was in 1540

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“Glazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glazed. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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