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glue
[ gloo ]
noun
- 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.
- any of various solutions or preparations of this substance, used as an adhesive.
- any of various other solutions or preparations that can be used as adhesives.
verb (used with object)
glued, gluing.
- to join or fasten with glue.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to cover or smear (something) with glue (sometimes followed by up ).
- to fix or attach firmly with or as if with glue; make adhere closely:
to glue a model ship together.
glue
/ ɡː /
noun
- any natural or synthetic adhesive, esp a sticky gelatinous substance prepared by boiling animal products such as bones, skin, and horns
- any other sticky or adhesive substance
verb
- tr to join or stick together with or as if with glue
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Derived Forms
- ˈܱ, noun
- ˈܱˌ, adjective
- ˈܱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ܱl adjective
- İ noun
- ·ܱ 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 ū- (stem of ū ); cognate with Greek Ǿó 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 ū; compare Greek gloios
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Restoring a Rothko painting is a difficult task because "Rothko's mixture of pigments and resins and glues were quite complex", Mr Helm said.
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When he woke up, his wife was glued to the TV.
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The artificiality of Vanderpump’s makeshift empire is most easily spotted in “Vanderpump Villa,” a show made of popsicle sticks and glue.
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The artist and his partner were sitting in the dark, on their phones, glued to the news as harrowing details came out of the Palisades.
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A shattered lilac plate from my sister-in-law can be glued back together.
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