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unglue

verb

Etymology

From un- + glue.

  1. derived from glūten
  2. derived from glūs
  3. derived from glu
  4. inherited from glew
  5. prefixed as unglue — “un + glue”

Definitions

  1. to separate that which was held by glue

    • we had to use warm water and solvent to unglue all the joints we put in yesterday.

  2. to cease to adhere to or follow attentively

    • parents are looking for new ways to unglue their children from their screens

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unglue. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA