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/ɡluː/ · noun
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance..
Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement
The wasp has always made the paper from which it constructs its nest, by uniting vegetable fibres with glue, while man was vexing himself with attempts to write on the bark of trees or a waxen or metallic table.
During the next few days, while the meat dried, they were both busy. They finished the bowl boat and coated it with the glue Jondalar made by boiling down the hooves, bone, and hide scraps.
What is a kiss ? Why this, as some approve, / The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
In other words, the railways are the glue which holds the country together for those without cars, and for those of us who want to get between major cities sustainably and rapidly. The railways are not a 'nice to have extra', but a key component of our infrastructure.
I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
[…] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.
His eyes were glued to the screen.
Use glue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Glue means A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance..
Common synonyms include adhesive, cement, adhere, cling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement
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