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glue

[ gloo ]

noun

  1. a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
  2. any of various solutions or preparations of this substance, used as an adhesive.
  3. any of various other solutions or preparations that can be used as adhesives.


verb (used with object)

, glued, glu·ing.
  1. to join or fasten with glue.

    Synonyms: plaster, cement, stick, gum, paste

  2. to cover or smear (something) with glue (sometimes followed by up ).
  3. to fix or attach firmly with or as if with glue; make adhere closely:

    to glue a model ship together.

glue

/ ɡluː /

noun

  1. any natural or synthetic adhesive, esp a sticky gelatinous substance prepared by boiling animal products such as bones, skin, and horns
  2. any other sticky or adhesive substance


verb

  1. tr to join or stick together with or as if with glue

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Derived Forms

  • ˈglueˌlike, adjective
  • ˈgluey, adjective
  • ˈgluer, noun

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Other Words From

  • gluelike adjective
  • gluer noun
  • re·glue verb (used with object) reglued regluing

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Word History and Origins

Origin of glue1

1300–50; (noun) Middle English glu, gleu < Old French glu < Latin glūt- (stem of glūs ); cognate with Greek gloiós gum, anything sticky; (v.) Middle English glywen, glewen, derivative of the noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of glue1

C14: from Old French glu, from Late Latin glūs; compare Greek gloios

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Example Sentences

Imagine gluing together a bridge made out of toothpicks, only having to rip apart the glue to build a skyscraper with the same material.

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All you need to get started are popsicle sticks, rubber bands and some glue.

“How emoji has become the glue that holds everything together has been one of the more interesting insights of the study,” says Christina Janzer, Slack’s senior director of research and analytics.

From Quartz

According to “How It Works,” envelope glue is made from gum arabic, which is a product of the hardened sap from acacia trees.

You see the handwork, the glue, how the people in the agency were working on it.

It is the “glue that holds often flaky single malts together,” as Broom puts it.

Maliki no longer wanted to pay for the glue that kept it there.

She also was handy, hammering nails into walls and using a heat gun to chisel glue off the floor.

If you tear that bond the rip leaves open scars where the glue once was.

"Jefferies' Marine Glue" can be procured at all times, the cost being about sixpence per pound.

One part of marine glue, and two of best red sealing-wax, form a beautiful cement for glass baths.

Another poison is of a pale glue color, which is supposed by Stanley to be made of crushed red ants.

Have ready in a pan some stiffening made by pouring boiling water on a very small piece of glue.

Across these was laid another layer at right angles, with perhaps a coating of glue or paste between them.

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