glue

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive

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

   • Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement
   • The wasp has always made the paper from which it constructs its nest, by uniting vegetable fibres with glue, while man was vexing himself with attempts to write on the bark of trees or a waxen or metallic table.
   • During the next few days, while the meat dried, they were both busy. They finished the bowl boat and coated it with the glue Jondalar made by boiling down the hooves, bone, and hide scraps.
2. 2

   Anything that binds two things or people together.

   • What is a kiss ? Why this, as some approve, / The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.
3. 3

   A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.

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   1. 4

      To join or attach something using glue.

      • I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
   2. 5

      To cause something to adhere closely to

      To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively.

      • His eyes were glued to the screen.
      • So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.
      • Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.
   3. 6

      To apply glue.

      • Children need help in understanding such things as how to control a paintbrush, how to cut efficiently, how to glue with care and dexterity, and even how to manage a sponge during a cleanup task.

The neighborhood

• neighboragglutinate
• neighborconglutinate
• neighborgum
• neighborpaste