glue

Speech parts

1. glue - Noun

2. glue - Verb

Meaning

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.

To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

paste gum mucilage binder cement adhesive tack epoxy superglue weld putty velcro lute size put
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

cement attach fasten

Hyponyms

fish glue epoxy marine glue animal glue casein glue

Phrases with the word

glue-sniffing I am rubber, you are glue glue on to glue oneself to glue to biological glue

Derivatives

glued gluing

Anagrams

gule luge Guel UGLE

Examples

His eyes were glued on her Source: Internet

paste the sign on the wall Source: Internet

cut and paste the sentence in the text Source: Internet

A characteristic "glue sniffer's rash" around the nose and mouth is sometimes seen after prolonged use. Source: Internet

A glue is printed onto the fabric, then nano-scale fibers applied on it. Source: Internet

After using the glue, residual glue soon clogs the needle, keeping moisture out. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

glucuronoxylomannan glucuronyl glucuronyltransferase glue boiler glue cell glue code