Glue Definition

glo͝o
glued, glues, gluing
noun
glues
A hard, brittle gelatin made by boiling animal skins, bones, hoofs, etc. to a jelly: when heated in water, it forms a sticky, viscous liquid used to stick things together.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar adhesive preparations made from casein, resin, etc.
Webster's New World
An adhesive force or factor.
Idealism was the glue that held our group together.
American Heritage
verb
glued, glues, gluing
To make stick with or as with glue.
Webster's New World
To make fixed or focused.
Glued to the TV all morning.
Webster's New World
To cause to be focused on or directed at something.
Our eyes were glued to the stage.
American Heritage
To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
His eyes were glued to the screen.
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Other Word Forms of Glue

Noun

Singular:
glue
Plural:
glues

Origin of Glue

  • Middle English glu from Old French from Late Latin glūs glūt- from Latin glūten

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French glu (now ‘birdlime’), from Late Latin glus, glut-, from Latin gluten.

    From Wiktionary

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