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GLASS OVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glass over mean?
• GLASS OVER (verb)
The verb GLASS OVER has 1 sense:
1. become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
Familiarity information: GLASS OVER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
glass; glass over; glaze; glaze over
Context example:
Her eyes glaze over when she is bored
Hypernyms (to "glass over" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples
He got up abruptly and tried to see himself in the dirty looking-glass over the wash-stand.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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