MEANING
To fit glass into a window, door, or other framed opening.
Use it for
window replacement; enclosed porches; changes in light and visibilityMake the addition of glass an architectural action.
Words that belong together
- glaze a window
- glazed door
- double-glazed windows
On the page
They glazed the porch to make it usable in winter.
The new door was glazed only in its upper half.
A specialist came to glaze the damaged arched window.
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Word forms
- Base
- glaze / glazes
- Past tense
- glazed
- Past participle
- glazed
- Present participle
- glazing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- glaze / glazes
- Present continuous
- am/is/are glazing
- Present perfect
- have/has glazed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been glazing
- Past
- glazed
- Past continuous
- was/were glazing
- Past perfect
- had glazed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been glazing
- Future
- will glaze / glazes
- Future continuous
- will be glazing
- Future perfect
- will have glazed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been glazing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Building verb; also means give pottery or another surface a smooth coating. This sense does not mean merely wash or polish glass. Verb: glaze, glazes, glazed, glazed, glazing. Related noun: glazing, the glass or the process of fitting it.
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