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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLUE, n. glu. [L. gluten.]
Inspissated animal gluten; a tenacious, viscid matter, which serves as a cement to unite other substances. It is made of the skins, parings, etc. of animals, as of oxen, calves or sheep, by boiling them to a jelly.
GLUE, v.t. To join with glue or a viscous substance. Cabinet makers glue together some parts of furniture.
1. To unite; to hold together.
[This word is now seldom used in a figurative sense. The phrases,to glue friends together, vices glue us to low pursuits or pleasures, found in writers of the last century, are not now used, or are deemed inelegant.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive [syn: glue, gum, mucilage] v
1: join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" [syn: glue, paste]
2: be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English glu, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin glut-, glus; akin to Latin gluten glue — more at clay Date: 14th century 1. a. any of various strong adhesive substances; especially a hard protein chiefly gelatinous substance that absorbs water to form a viscous solution with strong adhesive properties and that is obtained by cooking down collagenous materials (as hides or bones) b. a solution of glue used for sticking things together 2. something that binds together <enough social glue…to satisfy the human desire for community — E. D. Hirsch, Jr.> • gluey adjective • gluily adverb II. transitive verb (glued; gluing; also glueing) Date: 14th century 1. to cause to stick tightly with or as if with glue <gluing the wings onto the model airplane> <used that war to glue together a frail story — Gloria Emerson> 2. to cause to remain continuously or to be fixed steadily — usually used with to <the spectators were glued to their seats> <kept his eyes glued to the TV screen>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. an adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together. --v.tr. (glues, glued, gluing or glueing) 1 fasten or join with glue. 2 keep or put very close (an eye glued to the keyhole). Phrases and idioms: glue-pot 1 a pot with an outer vessel holding water to heat glue. 2 colloq. an area of sticky mud etc. glue-sniffer a person who inhales the fumes from adhesives as a drug. Derivatives: gluelike adj. gluer n. gluey adj. (gluier, gluiest). glueyness n. Etymology: ME f. OF glu (n.), gluer (v.), f. LL glus glutis f. L gluten

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glue 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glue 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(glues, glueing, or gluing, glued) 1. Glue is a sticky substance used for joining things together, often for repairing broken things. ...a tube of glue. ...high quality glues. N-MASS 2. If you glue one object to another, you stick them together using glue. Glue the fabric around the window... They are glued together. VERB: V n prep/adv, be V-ed together 3. If you say that someone is glued to something, you mean that they are giving it all their attention. They are all glued to the Olympic Games. V-PASSIVE: be V-ed to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Gelatine (impure). II. v. a. Cement (with glue), join with glue.

Moby Thesaurus

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