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glue

UK/ɡluː/ US/ɡlʉw/ fairly common
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

join or attach with or as if with glue

  • “paste the sign ont the wall”
  • “cut and paste the sentence in the text”
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2.

be fixed as if by glue

  • “His eyes were glued on her”

noun

1.

cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

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Origin

From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten.

Phrases

  • bee glue
  • crazy glue
  • desert glue
  • fish glue
  • flesh glue
  • glue board
  • glue boiler
  • glue cell
  • screwed, glued and tattooed

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