Another word for glaze
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Noun
A radiant brightness or glow, usually due to light reflected from a smooth surface
- A smooth glossy finish or appearance; luster.
- A gloss or polish
- A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance or good reputation:
- A kind of paint that dries to a shiny finish.
- A cosmetic that adds shine or luster, such as lip gloss.
- Any of various substances, such as wax or glaze, used to give an object a gloss or polish.
- The appearance of a mineral surface judged by its brilliance and ability to reflect light.
- The quality, condition, or fact of shining by reflected light; gloss; sheen
- The language spoken in Poland.
- The act or process of polishing:
- A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface:
- Bright or shining attire
- A glossy surface given to textiles.
- Brightness; shininess; luster
- Brightness from a source of light; radiance.
- Excellence in quality or appearance; splendor.
- Luster; polish; gloss
- In a sleek manner.
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Verb
To give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction
- To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.
- To clean or shine with a buff or treated cloth
- To polish or shine with a piece of soft material.
- To make or become shiny by rubbing; polish
- To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish.
- To restore to attractive or serviceable condition; renovate.
- To brighten by cleaning or rubbing; polish.
- (Now Rare) To brighten by rubbing or scouring; polish; burnish
- To provide (an expression or a text) with a gloss or glosses.
- To give a bright sheen or luster to.
- To apply a gloss to:
- To smooth and brighten, as by rubbing
- To take a polish; become glossy, elegant, or refined
- To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete:
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Another word for glaze
Noun
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- The hard, white, glossy coating of the crown of a tooth
- A vitreous, usually opaque, protective or decorative coating baked on metal, glass, or ceramic ware.
- A coating that dries to a hard glossy finish:
- The language spoken in Poland.
- The act or process of polishing:
- A substance containing chemical agents or abrasive particles and applied to smooth or shine a surface:
- The hard, clear, glossy surface produced
- An often deceptive external appearance or outward show:
- A preparation made of resinous substances dissolved in oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol, turpentine, etc. (spirit varnish), used to give a hard, clear, glossy surface to wood, metal, etc.
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Verb
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- To put into a glass container.
- To provide with glass or glass parts.
- To equip with glass panes; glaze
- To cover with a layer of something
- To provide or cover with a coat.
- To cover with a layer, as of paint.
- To form an enamel-like surface on
- To coat, inlay, or decorate with enamel.
- To inlay or cover with enamel
- To remove the outer layers from (grains of rice) by rotation in drums.
- To become smooth or shiny by being rubbed:
- To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete:
- To make or become shiny by rubbing; polish
- To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish.
- To become vitreous.
- To change into glass or a glasslike substance, as by fusion due to heat; make or become vitreous
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