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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, gluing.
  1. to join or fasten with glue.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  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

/ ɡː /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to join or stick together with or as if with glue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱ, noun
  • ˈܱˌ, adjective
  • ˈܱ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܱl adjective
  • İ noun
  • ·ܱ verb (used with object) reglued regluing
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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of glue1

C14: from Old French glu, from Late Latin ū; compare Greek gloios
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At her salon, glue will be used to carefully attach wigs to make them look more natural and women will spend hours having weaves and extensions put in.

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Elsewhere, governments may have been glued to the television, hoping to avoid the worst from Washington.

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New offences were created including interfering with national infrastructure, "locking on" – chaining or gluing yourself to something – and tunnelling underground.

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However, the tragedy - which came in the midst of a lockdown while India was struggling with the coronavirus pandemic - became the biggest prime-time story for a nation glued to their television sets.

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He “was the glue that held our family together,” said Tracy King, one of five children whom Robertson raised in Lancaster.

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