to glass
- verb
- /ɡlæs/
- What I'll do is I'll glass over this with epoxy resin.
Examples
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Ever seen a surfboard glassed at a party?
Blog text (3) -
In fact, they glassed four or five surfboards.
Blog text (3) -
That wall is very bland at the moment and it needs something on there to glass it up a little bit.
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I sat there and watched Shaun's board get glassed, and I was truly blown away.
Blog text (3) -
We spent the night in a glassed room with ceiling mirrors, in beds infested with bed bugs.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the middle of the party, they glassed Shaun Tomson's new Channel Islands surfboard.
Blog text (3) -
Platinum-iridium pins are glassed into an alumina plate and ground flat on the top surface, providing connection pins for the electrode array on the rear.
Academic text (1998) -
He decided to glass over the tabletop to give it a sleek finish.
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To prepare the surfboards for competition, they will glass them with a glossy resin.
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The carpenter will glass the window frames to make sure they are durable and attractive.
Synonyms
Cover something with wax to protect and make it shine
To polish something by rubbing until it is smooth or shiny
To cover something with a new outer layer
To cover a surface with a hard shiny layer for protection or decoration
To make a surface smooth and shiny by rubbing or polishing
To make a surface shiny or glossy
Idioms
To overcome barriers that stop women or minority groups getting higher jobs
- Informal
To focus on the good parts of a situation instead of the bad
- Literature
Entering a strange, unreal world where usual rules are reversed
- Informal
Act carefully to avoid causing trouble in a tense, painful situation
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
An invisible barrier that stops women and minorities from reaching top jobs
A small glass that holds one small drink of strong alcohol like whiskey or tequila
A window made of small colored glass pieces that makes colored light, often in churches
- Specialized
Glass with a plastic layer between sheets that stops it breaking into sharp pieces
A tall, straight glass used for serving mixed drinks with ice like a gin and tonic
- Specialized
A clear, strong glass that lens makers use for camera and telescope lenses
A sheet of glass made with layers of plastic so it does not break into sharp pieces
A fine, beautiful glass object made in Venice, often brightly coloured and carefully shaped
A sheet made of two glass layers with plastic between them to stop breaking into pieces
- Specialized
Glass made with small amounts of the metal lead that is very clear and sparkly
- Specialized
A legless lizard that looks like a snake, has eyelids and ear openings, and can grow its tail again
- Specialized
A clear, hard material made mostly from pure sand that resists high heat and chemicals
A tall, narrow glass with a short stem for layered cold desserts like ice cream and fruit
Glass that shows soft mixed colors and people use for stained-glass windows and lamps
- Specialized
A light hard foam made from crushed glass that keeps heat in and resists water
- Specialized
A hard outer layer of glass that protects a device screen from scratches and drops
- Specialized
A type of glass lens makers use that bends light little and keeps colours from separating
- Archaic
Old window glass you get by blowing hot glass into a round disk and spinning it flat
A glass thermometer with alcohol that rises when it gets warm and falls when it gets cold
- Specialized
A light hard material made from melted sand with many small air pockets used for insulation and building
- Indian
A large evergreen tree from India and Burma with leaves that are silvery underneath
A glass tube with mercury that measures body temperature
- Specialized
A legless lizard with a long tail that breaks off and regrows to escape predators
- Specialized
A sea animal with a skeleton of thin glass-like threads that lives on the ocean floor
- Specialized
A soft mass of very thin glass threads used to keep buildings warm and quiet
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
To glass a surface (to make it shiny) is related to the idea of real glass and to the word glaze, and it means giving a smooth, bright finish like a glass surface.