Glass
WordNet
noun
(1) A small refracting telescope
(2) A container for holding liquids while drinking
(3) Glassware collectively
"She collected old glass"
(4) A mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
(5) 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
(6) The quantity a glass will hold
(7) A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
verb
(8) Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
"Her eyes glaze over when she is bored"
(9) Put in a glass container
(10) Enclose with glass
"Glass in a porch"
(11) Scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
(12) Furnish with glass
"Glass the windows"
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Etymology
From , cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German , which (in OHG) is attested as a gloss for Latin . These words are developed from . Possibly ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root (compare glow).
Noun
- A solid, transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime.
- The tabletop is made of glass.
- 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.
- The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
- Would you like a glass of milk?
- Amorphous (non-crystalline) substance.
- A popular myth is that window glass actually is an extremely viscous liquid.
- Glassware.
- We collected art glass.
- A mirror.
- She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.
- A magnifying glass or telescope.
- The backboard.
- He caught the rebound off of the glass.
- The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
- He fired the outlet pass off the glass.
Adjective
glass (no or )
- Fragile.
- He has a glass ankle.
Verb
- To furnish with glass; to glaze.
- To enclose with glass.
- To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
- 1987, John Godber, Bouncers http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=f6-WVMj0qCUC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&sig=NzO0yHs5eqCDoOPewNE31SvzBBw
- JUDD. Any trouble last night? / LES. Usual. Couple of punks got glassed.
- 2002, Geoff Doherty, A Promoters Tale http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=f6cHAVAMwk8C&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&sig=NN6mhVE1htG-CUB-GekL3ZWPIMw
- I often mused on what the politicians or authorities would say if they could see for themselves the horrendous consequences of someone who’d been glassed, or viciously assaulted.
- 2003, Mark Sturdy, Pulp http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=sdF52lBdu3AC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&sig=o2nzWpBQX4v0Csr5DLGgTJrCy5c
- One night he was in this nightclub in Sheffield and he got glassed by this bloke who’d been just let out of prison that day.
- 1987, John Godber, Bouncers http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=f6-WVMj0qCUC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&sig=NzO0yHs5eqCDoOPewNE31SvzBBw
- To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
Interjection
glass
- A warning called out to alert teammates that a shot is about to rebound off the backboard.
- The point guard launched a wobbly attempt at a three-pointer and immediately called "Glass!"