Collocations for glasses - noun
ADJECTIVE
dark,
tinted
I wear blue-tinted glasses on sunny days.
I wear blue-tinted glasses on sunny days.
reading
half-moon, round
thick
a short, fat man with greasy black hair and thick glasses
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
owlish
heavy
gold-rimmed, horn-rimmed, steel-rimmed, wire-framed, wire-rimmed
rimless
field, opera
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
She blinked behind her glasses.
Their anxious faces were hidden behind dark glasses.