glass

/ɡlɑːs//ɡlæs/

verb

1
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.”
2
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.”
3
(metonymically) The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
“There is half a glass of milk in each pound of chocolate we produce.”
4
Glassware.
“We collected art glass.”
5
A mirror.
“She adjusted her lipstick in the glass.”
6
A magnifying glass or telescope.
7
A barrier made of solid, transparent material.
8
A barometer.
9
(in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
“glass frog; glass shrimp; glass worm”
10
An hourglass.
11
Lenses, considered collectively.
“Her new camera was incompatible with her old one, so she needed to buy new glass.”

1
To fit with glass; to glaze.
2
To enclose in glass.
3
To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
4
To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
5
To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
6
To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
7
To reflect; to mirror.
8
To make glassy.
9
To become glassy.

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