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glass

/ɡlæs/ verb C2
  1. To fit with glass; to glaze. (transitive)
  2. To enclose in glass. (transitive)
  3. To bombard an area (most often a planet) with such intensity (by means of a nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass. (transitive)
  4. To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars. (transitive)
  5. To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. (transitive)
  6. To make glassy. (transitive)
  7. To become glassy. (intransitive)

He/she/it glasses · Past glassed · Past participle glassed · -ing form glassing

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Verb forms

Base form
glass
He/she/it
glasses
Past
glassed
Past participle
glassed
-ing form
glassing

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Like pictures, on the window-glass.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 13 · C1
He sings when you tinkle the musical glass;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 14 · C1
“Come, come,” said the young man, “a glass of wine, father, will revive you.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 13 · C1
## XXXV LOOKING-GLASS RIVER
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1

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