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glued

   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
glue  (gl)
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 or fasten with or as if with glue.
2. To fasten on something attentively: Our eyes were glued to the stage.

[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin gls, glt-, from Latin glten.]

gluey adj.
glui·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.glued - affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; "he stayed glued to one spot"; "pieces of pasted paper"
affixed - firmly attached; "the affixed labels"


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HUNCA MUNCA tried every tin spoon in turn; the fish was glued to the dish.
Such is the riddle:--'A man I saw who on another man had glued the bronze by aid of fire,' and others of the same kind.
The other four men glued their eyes on their plates and chewed steadily and with thoughtful precision, their ears moving and wobbling, in time with their jaws, like the ears of so many animals.
 
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