glaze over en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive, of eyes) To become unfocused, as if through boredom.
Someone's eyes may glaze over before or during a seizure.
- (intransitive) To form a glazed coating: to ice over or otherwise to become covered in a glossy sheen.
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(proscribed, qualifier:viewed as catachrestic, transitive) To gloss over.
An important issue that is often glazed over.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glazing over | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| glazes over | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| glazed over | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| glazed over | Tense=Past | lexicographic |