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glass·y

(glăs′ē)

adj. glass·i·er, glass·i·est

1. Characteristic of or resembling glass.

2. Lifeless; expressionless: "the face changing to a demon's face with a fixed glassy grin" (Katherine Anne Porter).

glass′i·ly adv.

glass′i·ness n.

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glassy

(ˈɡlɑːsɪ)

adj, glassier or glassiest

1. resembling glass, esp in smoothness, slipperiness, or transparency

2. void of expression, life, or warmth: a glassy stare.

ˈglassily adv

ˈglassiness n

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glass•y

(ˈglæs i, ˈglɑ si)

adj. glass•i•er, glass•i•est.

1. resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness.

2. expressionless; dull: glassy eyes; a glassy stare.

3. of the nature of glass; vitreous.

[1350–1400]

glass′i•ly, adv.

glass′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	glassy - resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"
	2.	glassy - (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom" glazed empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
	3.	glassy - (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures" vitrified, vitreous ceramics - the art of making and decorating pottery shiny, glazed - having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts"

glassy

adjective

1. smooth, clear, slick, shiny, glossy, transparent, slippery glassy green pebbles

2. expressionless, cold, fixed, empty, dull, blank, glazed, vacant, dazed, lifeless There was a remote, glassy look in his eyes.

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glassy

adjective

Having a high, radiant sheen:

gleaming, glistening, glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny.

Translations

جامِدَهزُجاجي، كالزُّجاج

apatickýjako zrcadloskelný

glasagtigudtryksløs

glasig klar

vitreux

üvegszerû

spegilsléttursviplaus, dauflegur

cristallino vitreo

glassaktig glassklar speilblank

ako zrkadlo

boşcam gibiifadesiz

呆滞的象玻璃的

glassy

[ˈglɑːsɪ] ADJ (glassier (compar) (glassiest (superl))) [substance] → vítreo; [surface] → liso; [water] → espejado; [eye, look] → vidrioso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glassy

[ˈglɑːsi] adj

[eyes, stare] (because of drugs, alcohol) → vitreux/euse

(= smooth) → lisse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

glassy

adj (+er) surface, sea etc → spiegelglatt; eye, look → glasig; glassy-eyed (look) → glasig; to be glassy-eyed → einen glasigen Blick haben; to stare at somebody glassy-eyed → jdn mit glasigem Blick anstarren

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glassy

[ˈglɑːsɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (sea, lake) → come uno specchio; (eye, look) → vitreo/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

glass

(glaːs) noun

1. a hard usually breakable transparent substance. The bottle is made of glass; (also adjective) a glass bottle.

2. a usually tall hollow object made of glass, used for drinking. There are six glasses on the tray; sherry-glasses.

3. (also ˈlooking-glass) a mirror.

4. a barometer, or the atmospheric pressure shown by one. The glass is falling.

ˈglasses noun plural

spectacles.

ˈglassful noun

the amount that a drinking-glass will hold. Pour in two glassfuls of water.

ˈglassy adjective

1. not showing any expression. a glassy stare.

2. like glass. a glassy sea.

ˈglassiness noun

glasses , meaning spectacles, is plural: His reading glasses are broken .
but a pair of glasses takes a singular verb: A pair of glasses has been found .

References in classic literature ?

Witness this new-made World, another Heav'n From Heaven Gate not farr, founded in view On the cleer HYALINE, the Glassie Sea; Of amplitude almost immense, with Starr's Numerous, and every Starr perhaps a World Of destind habitation; but thou know'st Thir seasons: among these the seat of men, Earth with her nether Ocean circumfus'd, Thir pleasant dwelling place.

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