glue

glue

 (glo͞o)

n.

1.

a. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.

b. 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, fasten, or cause to adhere: glued the broken leg of the chair together.

2. To cause to be focused on or directed at something: Our eyes were glued to the stage.

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[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin glūs, glūt-, from Latin glūten.]

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glu′ey adj.

glu′i·ness n.

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glue

(ɡluː)

n

1. (Chemistry) 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

vb, glues, gluing, glueing or glued

(tr) to join or stick together with or as if with glue

[C14: from Old French glu, from Late Latin glūs; compare Greek gloios]

ˈglueˌlike adj

ˈgluer n

ˈgluey, ˈglueish adj

ˈgluily adv

ˈglueyness, ˈgluiness n

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glue

(glu)

n., v. glued, glu•ing. n.

1. a hard protein gelatin obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water and used as a strong adhesive.

2. any of various preparations of this or a similar substance, used as an adhesive.

v.t.

3. to join or attach firmly with glue or as if with glue: to glue a label on a package; to glue one's eyes to the TV set.

[1300–50; Middle English glu, gleu < Old French glu < Late Latin glūtem, acc. of glūs, for Latin glūten; compare gluten]

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glue

(glo͞o)

A thick, sticky substance made of gelatin or other substances, such as epoxy, resin, or polyethylene. Glues are used to join things together.

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glue

Past participle: glued
Gerund: glueing/gluing

Imperative

glue

glue

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	glue - cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive mucilage, gum animal glue - a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses casein glue - made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork fish glue - gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish marine glue - glue that is not water soluble cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material
Verb	1.	glue - join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" paste attach - cause to be attached epoxy - glue with epoxy; "epoxy the shards"
	2.	glue - be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her" fasten - become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"

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glue

noun

1. adhesive, cement, gum, paste, mucilage a tube of glue

verb

1. stick, fix, seal, cement, gum, paste, affix Glue the fabric around the window.

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Translations

غِراءغِراء، صِمْغيُغَرِّييُلصِق بالصِّمْغ، يُغَرّي

lepidlolepitpřilepit

limlimeklisterklistre

klebenKlebstoffLeimleimenUhu

κόλλακολλάωκολλώγόμα

colapegamentopegarcolargoma

liimaliimata

collecollerglu

דבקהדביק

ljepilozalijepitilijepiti

ragasztó

límlíma

collaincollareglutine

接着剤接着剤でつける

붙이다풀

gluten

klijuoti

līmelīmēt

lijmlijmen

klisterklistre sammenlimlime

klejskleić

colarcola

клеитьклей

lepilolepiti

klisterlimmaklistralim

ใช้กาวติดกาว

tutkaltutkallamakyapıştırmakzamkzamklamak

dán lạihồ dán

胶水粘合粘贴

glue

[gluː]

A. N → cola f, pegamento m; (as drug) → pegamento m

B. VT

1. (lit) → pegar (to a) to glue two things together → pegar dos cosas (con goma )

2. (fig) her face was glued to the window → tenía la cara pegada a la ventana
she was glued to the television → estaba pegada al televisor
to be glued to the spot → quedarse clavado

C. CPD glue sniffer N → esnifador(a) m/f de pegamento, persona f que inhala or esnifa pegamento
glue sniffing N → inhalación f de pegamento

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glue

[ˈgluː]

n → colle f

vt → coller
to glue sth together → coller qch ensemble
to glue sth to sth → coller qch à qch
to be glued to the television [person] → être cloué(e) devant la télévision
He kept his eyes glued to the clock, waiting for 4.30 → Il avait les yeux fixés sur la pendule, attendant 4h30.glue-sniffer [ˈgluːsnɪfə^r] n → sniffeur/euse m/f de colle glue-sniffing [ˈgluːsnɪfɪŋ] n → inhalation f de colle

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glue

n → Klebstoff m, → Leim m; to stick to somebody/something like glue → an jdm/etw kleben (inf)

vt → kleben, leimen; to glue something together → etw zusammenkleben or -leimen; to glue something down/on → etw fest-/ankleben; to glue something to something → etw an etw (acc) → kleben, etw an etw (dat) → festkleben; her ear was glued to the keyhole → ihr Ohr klebte am Schlüsselloch; to keep one’s eyes glued to somebody/something → jdn/etw nicht aus den Augen lassen; his eyes were glued to the screen → seine Augen hingen an der Leinwand; he’s been glued to the TV all evening → er hängt schon den ganzen Abend vorm Fernseher (inf); he stood there as if glued to the spot → er stand wie angewurzelt da; we were glued to our seats → wir saßen wie gebannt auf unseren Plätzen

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glue

:

glue pot

n → Leimtopf m

glue-sniffer

n → (Klebstoff)schnüffler(in) m(f)

glue-sniffing

n → (Klebstoff)schnüffeln nt

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glue

[gluː]

1. n → colla

2. vt to glue (to) → incollare (a)
to glue two things together → incollare due cose insieme
she was glued to the television (fig) → stava incollata alla televisione
he was glued to the spot (fig) → rimase di sasso

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

glue

(gluː) noun

a substance used for sticking things together. That glue will not stick plastic to wood. lym, gom غِراء، صِمْغ лепило cola lepidlo der Klebstoff lim; klister κόλλαcola, pegamento liim چسب liima colleדבק सरेस ljepilo ragasztó(szer) lem lím colla 接着剤 아교 klijai līme gam lijmlim, klisterklej سريښ cola clei клей lepidlo lepilo lepak lim กาว tutkal, zamk 膠水 клей گوند keo; hồ 胶水

verb

to join (things) with glue. vaslym, vasplak يُلصِق بالصِّمْغ، يُغَرّي залепвам colar lepit kleben lime; klistre κολλώcolar, pegar kleepima چسباندن liimata coller להדביק सरेस लगाना, चिपके रहना zalijepiti ragaszt merekatkan líma incollare くっつける 아교로 붙이다 klijuoti līmēt melekatkan menggunakan gam lijmenlime, klistre sammenkleić سريښول colar a încleia; a lipi приклеивать lepiť zlepiti zalepiti limma [fast] ติดด้วยกาว tutkallamak, zamklamak 黏合 клеїти گوند سے چپکانا dán bằng hồ 粘合

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glue

→ غِراء, يُغَرِّي lepidlo, lepit lim, lime kleben, Klebstoff κόλλα, κολλάω pegamento, pegar liima, liimata colle, coller ljepilo, zalijepiti colla, incollare 接着剤, 接着剤でつける 붙이다, 풀 lijm, lijmen lim, lime klej, skleić cola, colar клеить, клей klister, limma ใช้กาวติด, กาว tutkal, yapıştırmak dán lại, hồ dán 粘贴, 胶水

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glue

n. cola, goma de pegar;

___ ear → oído tupido o tapado con cerumen;

___ -sniffing → inhalación de ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

glue

n (as drug of abuse) pegamento

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