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glasses

/ˈɡlasɪz/

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verb

Synonyms:glass

An amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
"A popular myth is that window glass is actually an extremely viscous liquid."
A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
"Fill my glass with milk, please."
(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
"There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce."
Glassware.
"We collected art glass."
A mirror.
"She adjusted her lipstick in the glass."
A magnifying glass or telescope.
A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
A barometer.
(in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
"glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm"
An hourglass.
Lenses, considered collectively.
"Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass."

To fit with glass; to glaze.
To enclose in glass.
To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
To reflect; to mirror.
To make glassy.
To become glassy.

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