6 PHRASE If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking. □ [+ at ] He stole a glance at the clock behind her.
▸ glance off PHRASAL VERB If an object glances off something, it hits it at an angle and bounces away in another direction. □ [V P n] My fist glanced off his jaw. SYNONYMS glance VERB 1
peep: Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.
peek: On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall.
glimpse: She glimpsed a group of people standing on the bank of a river. NOUN 3
peep: 'Fourteen minutes,' Chris said, taking a peep at his watch.
peek: American firms have been paying outrageous fees for a peek at the technical data.
glimpse: Some of the fans had waited 24 hours to catch a glimpse of their heroine.
glanc|ing /glɑː ns I ŋ, glæ ns-/ ADJ [ADJ n] A glancing blow is one that hits something at an angle rather than from directly in front. □ The car struck him a glancing blow on the forehead.
gland /glæ nd/ (glands ) N‑COUNT A gland is an organ in the body which produces chemical substances for the body to use or get rid of. □ …the hormones secreted by our endocrine glands. □ …sweat glands.
glan|du|lar /glæ ndʒʊlə r / ADJ [usu ADJ n] Glandular means relating to or affecting your glands. [TECHNICAL ] □ …the amount of fat and glandular tissue in the breasts.
gla n|du|lar fe |ver N‑UNCOUNT Glandular fever is a disease which causes swollen glands, fever, and a sore throat. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use mononucleosis
glare /gleə r / (glares , glaring , glared )
1 VERB If you glare at someone, you look at them with an angry expression on your face. □ [V + at ] The old woman glared at him. □ [V ] Jacob glared and muttered something. □ [V -ing] …glaring eyes.
2 N‑COUNT A glare is an angry, hard, and unfriendly look. □ His glasses magnified his irritable glare.
3 VERB If the sun or a light glares , it shines with a very bright light which is difficult to look at. □ [V ] The sunlight glared. □ [V -ing] …glaring searchlight beams.
4 N‑UNCOUNT Glare is very bright light that is difficult to look at. □ …the glare of a car's headlights. □ Special-purpose glasses reduce glare.
5 N‑SING If someone is in the glare of publicity or public attention, they are constantly being watched and talked about by a lot of people. □ Norma is said to dislike the glare of publicity. □ She attacked police in the full glare of TV cameras.
glar|ing /gleə r I ŋ/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something bad as glaring , you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easily seen or noticed. [EMPHASIS ] □ I never saw such a glaring example of misrepresentation. ● glar|ing|ly ADV □ It was glaringly obvious. □ He told a glaringly different story.
2 → see also glare
glas|nost /glæ znɒst/ N‑UNCOUNT Glasnost is a policy of making a government more open and democratic. The word glasnost was originally used to describe the policies of President Gorbachev in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s.
glass ◆◆◇ /glɑː s, glæ s/ (glasses )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Glass is a hard transparent substance that is used to make things such as windows and bottles. □ …a pane of glass. □ …a sliding glass door.
2 N‑COUNT A glass is a container made from glass, which you can drink from and which does not have a handle. □ Grossman raised the glass to his lips. ● N‑COUNT The contents of a glass can be referred to as a glass of something. □ [+ of ] …a glass of milk.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Glass is used to mean objects made of glass, for example drinking containers and bowls. □ There's a glittering array of glass to choose from at markets.
4 N‑PLURAL Glasses are two lenses in a frame that some people wear in front of their eyes in order to help them see better. □ He took off his glasses.
5 → see also dark glasses , magnifying glass COLLOCATIONS glass NOUN
1
adjective + glass : bulletproof
verb + glass : break, shatter, smash
2
verb + glass : drain, empty; raise
gla ss cei l|ing (glass ceilings ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] When people refer to a glass ceiling , they are talking about the attitudes and traditions in a society that prevent women from rising to the top jobs. [JOURNALISM ] □ She broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman CEO.
gla ssed-i n ADJ [usu ADJ n] A glassed-in room or building has large windows instead of walls.
gla ss fi |bre in AM, use glass fiber N‑UNCOUNT Glass fibre is another name for fibreglass .
glass|house /glɑː shaʊs, glæ s-/ (glasshouses ) N‑COUNT A glasshouse is a greenhouse , especially a large one which is used for the commercial production of fruit, flowers, or vegetables. [mainly BRIT ]
glass|ware /glɑː sweə r , glæ s-/ N‑UNCOUNT Glassware consists of objects made of glass, such as bowls, drinking containers, and ornaments.
glassy /glɑː si, glæ si/ ADJ If you describe something as glassy , you mean that it is very smooth and shiny, like glass. [WRITTEN ] □ The water was glassy. □ …glassy green pebbles.