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Glasses

verb
/ˈɡlasɪz/
Word Frequency: 10.6

Definitions

1.verbTo apply fibreglass to.
"to fibreglass the hull of a fishing-boat"
2.nounAn 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."
3.nounA vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.
"Fill my glass with milk, please."
4.noun(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
"There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce."
5.nounGlassware.
"We collected art glass."
6.nounA mirror.
"She adjusted her lipstick in the glass."
7.nounA magnifying glass or telescope.
8.nounA barrier made of solid, transparent material.
9.nounA barometer.
10.noun(in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
"glass frog;  glass shrimp;  glass worm"
11.nounAn hourglass.
12.nounLenses, considered collectively.
"Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass."
13.verbTo fit with glass; to glaze.
14.verbTo enclose in glass.
15.verbTo strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
16.verbTo bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
17.verbTo view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
18.verbTo smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
19.verbTo reflect; to mirror.
20.verbTo make glassy.
21.verbTo become glassy.
22.nounSpectacles, frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes.
23.nounField glasses; binoculars.

Synonyms

glassbioptikoneyeglassesspecsspectaclesbeakersbeersbifocalsbinocularscheckersclockscocktails

Rhymes With

molasseseyeglassesmassessurpassesfascesclassesgasesasses
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