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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.
glue
/ ɡluː /
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
- ˈglueˌlike, adjective
- ˈgluey, adjective
- ˈgluer, noun
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Other Words From
- gluelike adjective
- gluer noun
- re·glue verb (used with object) reglued regluing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glue1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glue1
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Example Sentences
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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