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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.

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

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gluey adj.

glui·ness n.

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glue

Noun

a substance used for sticking things together

Verb

gluing or glueing, glued

1. to join or stick together with glue

2. glued to paying full attention to: golf fans will be glued to their televisions today for the Open Championship [Late Latin glus]

gluey adj

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

verb 2. stick, fix, seal, cement, gum, paste, affix

Translations

glue [gluː] n → pegamento, cemento (LAM)

vt → pegar

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glue [gluː] n → colle f

vt → coller

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glue [gluː] n → Klebstoff m

vt to glue sth onto sth → etw an etw acc kleben;

to glue sth into place → etw festkleben

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glue [gluː] n → colla

vt → incollare

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glue

n glue [gluː]

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

v

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