English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

glacer — meaning in English

French → English · translate English → French instead

English meaning

  • freeze verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
  • glaze noun A thin, shiny coating applied to pottery, food, or another surface.
  • ice noun Water that has frozen solid.

Senses

glacer is used for these senses in English:

  • freeze (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
  • glaze (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.
  • ice (transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc.

freeze — full definition

  1. verb To turn solid from cold, or to lower something's temperature until it does.
  2. verb To suddenly become motionless, often from fear or surprise.
  3. verb Of a machine, program, or system, to stop responding.
  4. verb To stop something, such as prices, wages, or assets, from changing or moving.
  5. noun A period of very cold weather, or an official halt on something changing.

glaze — full definition

  1. noun A thin, shiny coating applied to pottery, food, or another surface.
  2. verb To cover something with a thin, shiny coating.
  3. verb (of eyes) To become dull and unfocused, usually from boredom or tiredness.

Related French words