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Definition of Glue

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

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

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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