glasses

glasses
noun
ADJECTIVE
dark, tinted

I wear blue-tinted glasses on sunny days.

reading
half-moon, round
thick

a short, fat man with greasy black hair and thick glasses

granny
owlish
heavy
gold-rimmed, horn-rimmed, steel-rimmed, wire-framed, wire-rimmed
rimless
field, opera
… OF GLASSES
pair
VERB + GLASSES
have on, wear
put on
remove, take off
look over, peer over

Her father lowered his paper and peered over his glasses at her.

adjust, push up

She pushed her glasses up and rubbed the bridge of her nose.

clean, polish, wipe
GLASSES + VERB
steam up

His glasses steamed up as soon as he came indoors.

be perched on sth, perch on sth

Horn-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of her nose.

PREPOSITION
behind (your) glasses

She blinked behind her glasses.

Their anxious faces were hidden behind dark glasses.


Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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