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Definition of Glue

1. Noun. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.

2. Verb. Join or attach with or as if with glue. "Cut and paste the sentence in the text"

3. Verb. Be fixed as if by glue. "His eyes were glued on her"

Definition of Glue

1. n. A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances.

2. v. t. To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.

Definition of Glue

1. Noun. A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) Birdlime. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To join or attach something using glue. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glue

1. to fasten with glue (an adhesive substance) [v GLUED, GLUING or GLUEING, GLUES]

Medical Definition of Glue

1. To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. "This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak." (Shak) Origin: F. Gluer. See Glue. A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc, of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See Bee. Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass. Glue plant, a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax). Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol. Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding. Origin: F. Glu, L. Glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glue

glucuronidations glucuronide glucuronides glucuronoarabinoxylans glucuronoglycan glucuronoglycans glucuronolactone glucuronose glucuronoside glucuronosides

glucuronosyltransferase glucuronosyltransferases glucuronoxylan xylanohydrolase glucæmia glue (current term) glue-pot glue-sniffing glue code glue ear glue gun

glue record glue records glue stick glueable glueball glued glueing glueless

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