verb
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To apply fibreglass to.
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to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat
noun
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An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
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A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid.
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A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
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Fill my glass with milk, please.
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(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
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There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.
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Glassware.
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We collected art glass.
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A mirror.
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She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
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A magnifying glass or telescope.
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A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
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A barometer.
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(in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
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glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm
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An hourglass.
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Lenses, considered collectively.
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Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass.
verb
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To fit with glass; to glaze.
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To enclose in glass.
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To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
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To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
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To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
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To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
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To reflect; to mirror.
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To make glassy.
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To become glassy.
noun
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Spectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
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Field glasses; binoculars.
Examples of glasses in a Sentence
I wish everyone wore rose-colored glasses the way you do.
Maybe you could fill the glasses with tea?
He adjusted his glasses and read.
He handed the glasses to the chief and spoke to him in their language.
He needed glasses, but he wouldn't admit it.
He studied her over the rim of his reading glasses, and his eyes warmed with a smile.
He adjusted his glasses and returned to his fishing journal.
Those glasses are only for reading, Fred replied, without looking up.
She took the glasses from him and downed them one at a time, then handed them back.
He now employed himself in making optical glasses, and in engraving on metal, devoting his spare time to the perusal of works on mathematics and optics.
The man pulled up his mask enough for Howie to see a mustache and glasses but little else.
He snatched the whiskey from her hand and placed their glasses on a table.
Sonya sat down before the glasses, got the right position, and began looking.
Ully said, handing her two glasses of whiskey.
The store manager, a middle-aged woman with glasses, looked up at him in awe.
Overly aware of his presence, Deidre stepped outside the kitchen to the breakfast counter and poured two glasses of wine.
He looked like any normal nerdy American with big glasses and a scrawny frame.
Bordeaux lowered the glasses and shrugged in a way that was both elegant and masculine.
He lowered the glasses and met her gaze, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
His bright features turned pink beneath his wire-rimmed glasses and straw-colored hair.
I did the same with the glasses and silverware.
He was only quite at ease when having poured several glasses of wine mechanically into his large mouth he felt a pleasant warmth in his body, an amiability toward all his fellows, and a readiness to respond superficially to every idea without probing it deeply.
The few glasses of wine he had drunk and the conversation with this good-natured man had destroyed the mood of concentrated gloom in which he had spent the last few days and which was essential for the execution of his design.
You should have at least eight glasses a day of eight ounces each.
He leaned back in the chair, tossing his glasses on the table.
He pulled his field glasses from the saddlebag and motioned to Cassie.
She leaned across him, holding his hat over the glasses as he had shown her.
He lowered the glasses and rolled over on his back, gazing up into her face.
Signs of the party the night before still remained, from the garbage bags awaiting pickup to one table with two wine glasses still present.
The scientist.s glasses were missing, his expression growing sorrowful as he looked around at his destroyed lab.
They carried their glasses to the overstuffed sofa and sat facing each other.
Jackson collected their glasses and poured their fourth drink.
She beamed up at Keaton as he approached with two glasses of iced tea.
By this time he had ceased to devote himself to pure mathematics, and in company with his friends Mersenne and Mydorge was deeply interested in the theory of the refraction of light, and in the practical work of grinding glasses of the best shape suitable for optical instruments.
These glasses may be colourless or coloured.
Of the four crystal glasses engraved with the count's monogram that stood before his plate, Pierre held out one at random and drank with enjoyment, gazing with ever- increasing amiability at the other guests.
When the officers had emptied and smashed their glasses, Kirsten filled others and, in shirt sleeves and breeches, went glass in hand to the soldiers' bonfires and with his long gray mustache, his white chest showing under his open shirt, he stood in a majestic pose in the light of the campfire, waving his uplifted arm.
The accommodative intraocular lens, or IOL, procedure is a new option for those with cataracts or for those who suffer from presbyopia which results in the need for glasses or bifocals to read.
Jackson stood with his glasses and a Cheshire cat grin.
He found her in the kitchen loading clean glasses on trays.
When they returned home, the women were enjoying glasses of wine.
There are many different types of magnifying glasses and sound augmentation devices available to make it easier for the elderly to enjoy their favorite pastimes.
Bordeaux studied the dust through a pair of field glasses.
Dean grabbed a bottle of inexpensive merlot and three glasses.
Fred grumbled as he poured three glasses.
As if on cue, the flushed cook returned for her plate, and Daniela ordered the brandy and two glasses.
Rubbing his eyes, he peered at the blurred figures of his clock, (more evidence of the necessity for his glasses).
Approaching from behind, she noticed a bottle of scotch on the table, along with the two glasses.
Sarah handed him his two glasses.
She opened a bottle of Jack Daniels and set out three glasses.