to glass
- verb
- /ɡlæs/
- Jacob screams, and his eyes start to glass over.
- eyes glassed
Examples
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They just go, you just turn to glass like they just turn to dust.
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I look like I'm glass, so I feel like, yeah, just the color is just not my color.
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Much like the surface of the skin just looks kind of that glass skin vibe.
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In another moment, he was down on the ground, his eyes already glassing over, staring up at his killer.
Fiction book (1997) -
I feel like it looks so glass like on the lips, but it has a hint of that little like sparkly gold and it plumps.
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She'd be lucid sometimes, but would have phases where she looked glassed over.
Blog text (10) -
Now white with cloud, now glassed with sky, it glanced and quivered before his eyes...
Fiction book (1992) -
He had gorgeous green yellow eyes that shone like glass on beads.
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It takes me a while to maneuver out of the parking space, and when I do, I discover that the road has glassed over as well.
Fiction book (1994) -
Jacob screams, and his eyes glass over with tears.
Synonyms
To become smooth and shiny in look, often because someone is tired or not paying attention
Eyes look shiny and unfocused when a person is tired or bored
Eyes or face become dull and show no expression
To become glassy and partly see-through in parts of the body
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 Glassy
Surface Forms
Etymology
To say someone's eyes 'glass' over comes from the image of eyes taking on a hard, clear shine like glass, which makes them look empty or unmoving.