Collocations for glasses - noun
ADJ.
dark, sun (also ‘sunglasses’), tinted
I wear blue-tinted glasses on sunny days.
I wear blue-tinted glasses on sunny days.
reading | half-moon, (little) round | pebble, thick, thick-lensed
a short, fat man with greasy black hair and thick pebble glasses
a short, fat man with greasy black hair and thick pebble glasses
granny | owlish | heavy | gold-rimmed, horn-rimmed, steel-rimmed, wire-framed/wire-rimmed | rimless | field, opera
QUANT.
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.
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.
PREP.
behind (your) ~
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.