Glue
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡluː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glue is a noun meaning A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
Meaning
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.
- (botany) A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.
- (transitive) To join or attach something using glue.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively.
- (intransitive) To apply glue.
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement
His eyes were glued to the screen.
I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
What is a kiss ? Why this, as some approve, / The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
Word Forms
- glues
- gluing
- glueing
- glued
Synonyms for glue
Depending on context, synonyms include adhesive, cement, adhere, cling, stick, attach.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paste, mucilage, gum, pasting, cement, pin.
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