glue, gum, mucilage
(noun) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
glue
(verb) be fixed as if by glue; “His eyes were glued on her”
glue, paste
(verb) join or attach with or as if with glue; “paste the sign on the wall”; “cut and paste the sentence in the text”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glue (countable and uncountable, plural glues)
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
(figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.
(obsolete) Birdlime.
glue (third-person singular simple present glues, present participle glueing or gluing, simple past and past participle glued)
(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.
(transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
• (join with glue): agglutinate, conglutinate, gum, paste
• (adhere closely): adhere, cling, stick; see also adhere
• Guel, UGLE, gule, luge
Source: Wiktionary
Glue, n. Etym: [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten.]
Definition: A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee.
– Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass.
– Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax).
– Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol.
– Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.
Glue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glued; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing.] Etym: [F. gluer. See Glue, n.]
Definition: To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 February 2025
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