Sekirov Dictionary

glass

UK /ɡlɑːs/US /ɡlæs/

noun 16
verb 10
forms 3
phrases 8

noun16

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a material made from heated sand, usually clear, that is hard but breaks easily
- This tabletop is made of glass.
- A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.
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Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
- Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application.
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A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
- Would you like a glass of wine?
- Fill my glass with milk, please.
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The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
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The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
- He fired the outlet pass off the glass.
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(informal) The backboard.
- He caught the rebound off the glass.
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Glassware.
- We collected art glass.
A magnifying glass or loupe.
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A telescope.
- Haviers, or stags which have been gelded when young, have no horns, as is well known, and in the early part of the stalking season, when seen through a glass, might be mistaken for hummels […] — 1912
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(informal) Lenses, considered collectively.
- Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass.
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A mirror.
- She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
[before a noun] Transparent or translucent.
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A barometer.
- The glass is falling hour by hour, the glass will fall for ever / But if you break the bloody glass you won’t hold up the weather. — 1938
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(no longer used) Synonym of window or pane, particularly in vehicles.
- [N]o sooner had we entered Holbourn than letting down one of the Front Glasses I enquired of every decent-looking Person that we passed ‘If they had seen my Edward?’ — 1790
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(no longer used) An hourglass.
- Were my Wiues Liuer / Infected (as her life) she would not liue / The running of one Glasse. — 1610

verb10

To fit with glass; to glaze.
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(UK, informal) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- JUDD. Any trouble last night? LES. Usual. Couple of punks got glassed. — 1987
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To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
- Andy took his binoculars and glassed the area below. — 2000
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To bombard an area (most often a planet) with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
- “The Covenant don’t ‘miss’ anything when they glass a planet,” the Master Chief replied. — 2003
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To make glassy.
- Not only were his eyes averted from mine, but they were glassed to an uncanny degree. — 2018
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To become glassy.
- Bourez had timed it perfectly: a wind that was forecast for the morning began to stir just after his arrival and the sea glassed off for a brief period before the waves grew bigger and bigger. — 2012
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To enclose in glass.
- As Iewels in Christall for some Prince to buy. / Who tendring their own worth from whence they were glast, — 1595
Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”).
To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
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[with oneself] (no longer used) To reflect; to mirror.
- Happy to glass themselves in so brilliant a mirror. — 1856

forms

glassed · glassing · glasses

Phrases with glass

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