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glaze over

verb glazes over · glazing over · glazed over

  1. intransitive, of eyes To become unfocused, as if through boredom. Someone's eyes may glaze over before or during a seizure.
  2. intransitive To form a glazed coating: to ice over or otherwise to become covered in a glossy sheen.
  3. proscribed, transitive To gloss over. An important issue that is often glazed over.

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@misc{glaze_over_2026,
  title = {glaze over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glaze%20over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}