"glaze over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: glazes over [present, singular, third-person], glazing over [participle, present], glazed over [participle, past], glazed over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} glaze over (third-person singular simple present glazes over, present participle glazing over, simple past and past participle glazed over)
  1. (intransitive, of eyes) To become unfocused, as if through boredom. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-glaze_over-en-verb-R2uzBN~G
  2. (intransitive) To form a glazed coating: to ice over or otherwise to become covered in a glossy sheen. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-glaze_over-en-verb-txigt9wE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 49 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 25 43 32
  3. (transitive, proscribed, viewed as catachrestic) To gloss over. Tags: proscribed, transitive Derived forms: mego
    Sense id: en-glaze_over-en-verb-t6fBaMMb

Download JSON data for glaze over meaning in English (2.1kB)

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