glasses
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glass
(glăs)n.
1. Any of a large class of materials with highly variable mechanical and optical properties that solidify from the molten state without crystallization, are typically made by silicates fusing with boric oxide, aluminum oxide, or phosphorus pentoxide, are generally hard, brittle, and transparent or translucent, and are considered to be supercooled liquids rather than true solids.
2. Something made of glass or other transparent or translucent material, especially:
a. A drinking vessel.
b. A mirror.
c. A barometer.
d. A window or windowpane.
e. The series of transparent plastic sheets that are secured vertically above the boards in many ice rinks.
3.
a. glasses A pair of lenses mounted in a light frame, used to correct faulty vision or protect the eyes.
b. often glasses A binocular or field glass.
c. A device, such as a monocle or spyglass, containing a lens or lenses and used as an aid to vision.
4. The quantity contained by a drinking vessel; a glassful.
5. Objects made of glass; glassware.
adj.
1. Made or consisting of glass.
2. Fitted with panes of glass; glazed.
v. glassed, glass·ing, glass·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To enclose or encase with glass.
b. To put into a glass container.
c. To provide with glass or glass parts.
2. To make glassy; glaze.
3.
a. To see reflected, as in a mirror.
b. To reflect.
4. To scan (a tract of land or forest, for example) with an optical instrument.
v.intr.
1. To become glassy.
2. To use an optical instrument, as in looking for game.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
glasses
(ˈɡlɑːsɪz)pl n
(Clothing & Fashion) a pair of lenses for correcting faulty vision, in a frame that rests on the bridge of the nose and hooks behind the ears. Also called: spectacles or eyeglasses
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
glasses
A person's glasses are two pieces of glass in a frame which they wear to help them to see better.
He took off his glasses.
Who is that girl with red hair and glasses?
Glasses is a plural noun. Don't talk about 'a glasses'. Instead say a pair of glasses.
Li has a new pair of glasses.
After glasses you use a plural form of a verb. After a pair of glasses you use a singular form.
Your glasses are on the table.
A pair of glasses costs a lot of money.
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| Noun | 1. |  glasses - optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective visionbifocals - eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision frame - the framework for a pair of eyeglasses goggles - tight-fitting spectacles worn to protect the eyes lorgnette - eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle optical instrument - an instrument designed to aid vision pince-nez - spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring dark glasses, shades, sunglasses - spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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glasses
plural noun spectacles, specs (informal), eyeglasses (U.S.)
Quotations
"Men seldom make passes"
"At girls who wear glasses" [Dorothy Parker Enough Rope]
"Men seldom make passes"
"At girls who wear glasses" [Dorothy Parker Enough Rope]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
نَظّاراتنَظَّارَة
brýle
briller
silmälasit
naočale
gleraugu
眼鏡
안경
očala
glasögon
แว่นตา
kính đeo mắt
glasses
[ˈglɑːsɪz] npl (= spectacles) → lunettes fpla pair of glasses → une paire de lunettes
to wear glasses → porter des lunettes
Jean-Pierre wears glasses → Jean-Pierre porte des lunettes.glass fibre n → fibre f de verre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
glass
(glaːs) noun1. a hard usually breakable transparent substance. The bottle is made of glass; (also adjective) a glass bottle.
2. a usually tall hollow object made of glass, used for drinking. There are six glasses on the tray; sherry-glasses.
3. (also ˈlooking-glass) a mirror.
4. a barometer, or the atmospheric pressure shown by one. The glass is falling.
ˈglasses noun plural spectacles.
ˈglassful noun the amount that a drinking-glass will hold. Pour in two glassfuls of water.
ˈglassy adjective1. not showing any expression. a glassy stare.
2. like glass. a glassy sea.
ˈglassiness nounglasses , meaning spectacles, is plural: His reading glasses are broken .
but a pair of glasses takes a singular verb: A pair of glasses has been found .
but a pair of glasses takes a singular verb: A pair of glasses has been found .
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
glasses
→ نَظَّارَة brýle briller Brille γυαλιά gafas silmälasit lunettes naočale occhiali 眼鏡 안경 bril briller okulary óculos очки glasögon แว่นตา gözlük kính đeo mắt 眼镜Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
glass·es
n., pl. lentes, espejuelos, gafas;
bifocal ___ → ___ bifocales;
trifocal ___ → ___ trifocales.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
glasses
npl gafas, lentes mpl, anteojos, espejuelos (esp. Carib); bifocal — lentes or gafas bifocales, bifocales mpl or fpl (fam); reading — gafas or lentes de lectura or para leer; safety — gafas protectoras or de seguridadEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.