About The Word Glue
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Glue
Glue Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Glue?
[n] cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
[v] be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her" [v] join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign ont the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" Synonyms | Synonyms for Glue: gum | mucilage | paste Related Terms | Find terms related to Glue: accouple | accumulate | adherent | adhesive | affix | agglutinate | albumen | amass | articulate | assemble | associate | band | barnacle | batter | bind | bond | bonnyclabber | bracket | bramble | braze | bridge | bridge over | brier | bulldog | burr | butter | cement | chain | clabber | clap together | collect | combine | comprise | concatenate | conglobulate | conjoin | conjugate | connect | copulate | cornstarch | couple | cover | cream | curd | decal | decalcomania | dough | egg white | embrace | encompass | fix | fuse | gather | gaum | gel | gelatin | glair | glop | gluten | goo | gook | goop | gruel | gum | gumbo | gunk | include | jam | jell | jelly | join | knot | lay together | league | leech | limpet | link | loblolly | lump together | marry | marshal | mass | merge | mobilize | molasses | mucilage | mucus | pair | pap | paste | piece together | plaster | porridge | prickle | pudding | pulp | puree | put together | putty | remora | rob | roll into one | seal | semifluid | semiliquid | size | solder | soup | span | splice | starch | stick | stick together | sticker | sticky mess | syrup | take in | tape | thorn | tie | treacle | unify | unite | weld | yoke See Also | animal glue | attach | casein glue | cement | epoxy | fasten | fish glue | marine glue Glue In Webster's Dictionary \Glue\, n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to
draw together. Cf. {Gluten}.]
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.
{Bee glue}. See under {Bee}.
{Fish glue}, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins
and bladders; isinglass.
{Glue plant} (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed ({Gloiopeltis tenax}).
{Liquid glue}, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid
oralcohol.
{Marine glue}, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with
shellac, used in shipbuilding.
\Glue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gluing}.] [F. gluer. See {Glue}, n.] To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. --Shak. |
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