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Glass

//ɡlɑːs// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.
2
A solution stack consisting of the GemStone database and application server, Linux operating system, Apache web server, Smalltalk programming language, and Seaside web framework.

Noun

1
An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added). uncountable, usually
"The tabletop is made of glass."
2
a small refracting telescope wordnet
3
Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice). broadly, countable, uncountable
"Metal glasses, unlike those based on silica, are electrically conductive, which can be either an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on the application."
4
a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking wordnet
5
A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material. countable
"Would you like a glass of wine?"

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glassware collectively wordnet
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The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel. countable, metonymically, uncountable
"There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce."
8
a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror wordnet
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Glassware. uncountable
"We collected art glass."
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an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant wordnet
11
A mirror. countable, uncountable
"She adjusted her lipstick in the glass."
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the quantity a glass will hold wordnet
13
A magnifying glass or loupe. countable, uncountable
14
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure wordnet
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A telescope. countable, uncountable
"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 […]"
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A barrier made of solid, transparent material.; The backboard. colloquial, countable, uncountable
"He caught the rebound off the glass."
17
A barrier made of solid, transparent material.; The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink. countable, uncountable
"He fired the outlet pass off the glass."
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A barometer. countable, uncountable
"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."
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Transparent or translucent. attributive, countable, uncountable
"glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm"
20
An hourglass. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Were my Wiues Liuer / Infected (as her life) ſhe would not liue / The running of one Glaſſe."
21
Lenses, considered collectively. informal, uncountable
"Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass."
22
Synonym of window or pane, particularly in vehicles. archaic, countable
"[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?’"

Verb

1
To fit with glass; to glaze. transitive
2
become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance wordnet
3
To enclose in glass. transitive
"As Iewels in Christall for some Prince to buy. / Who tendring their own worth from whence they were glast,"
4
put in a glass container wordnet
5
Clipping of fibreglass (“to fit, cover, fill, or build, with fibreglass-reinforced resin composite (fiberglass)”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, transitive

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enclose with glass wordnet
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To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury. UK, colloquial, transitive
"JUDD. Any trouble last night? LES. Usual. Couple of punks got glassed."
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scan (game in the forest) with binoculars wordnet
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To bombard an area with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass. transitive
"“The Covenant don’t ‘miss’ anything when they glass a planet,” the Master Chief replied."
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furnish with glass wordnet
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To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars. transitive
"Andy took his binoculars and glassed the area below."
12
To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. transitive
13
To reflect; to mirror. archaic, reflexive
"Happy to glass themselves in so brilliant a mirror."
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To make glassy. transitive
"Not only were his eyes averted from mine, but they were glassed to an uncanny degree."
15
To become glassy. intransitive
"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English glas, from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *glōaną (“to shine”) (compare glow), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰleh₁- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Cognate with West Frisian glês, Dutch glas, Low German Glas, German Glas, Swedish glas, Icelandic gler.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

* As an English, Jewish and German surname, from the noun glass. * Also as an English surname, from a nickname derived from French glas (“bell, tumult, clash of arms”). * As a Celtic surname (Irish, Welsh, Cornish, and Scottish Gaelic), Anglicized from the adjective glas (“grey”). * Also as a German surname, altered from the personal name Klass, shortened from Nikolaus, compare Nicholas. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Glas.

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