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glue

  [gloo] noun, verb, glued, glu⋅ing.
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–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)
4. to join or fasten with glue.
5. to cover or smear (something) with glue (sometimes fol. by up).
6. to fix or attach firmly with or as if with glue; make adhere closely: to glue a model ship together.
Origin:
1300–50; (n.) ME glu, gleu < OF glu < L glūt- (s. of glūs); c. Gk gloiós gum, anything sticky; (v.) ME glywen, glewen, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
gluelike, adjective
gluer, noun

Synonyms:
4. paste, gum, stick, cement, plaster.
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glue   (glōō)   
n.  
    1. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.
    2. Any of various similar adhesives, such as paste, mucilage, or epoxy.
  2. An adhesive force or factor: Idealism was the glue that held our group together.
tr.v.   glued, glu·ing, glues
  1. To stick or fasten with or as if with glue.
  2. To fasten on something attentively: Our eyes were glued to the stage.

[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin glūs, glūt-, from Latin glūten.]
glu'ey adj., glu'i·ness n.
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