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Glue

//ɡluː// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement"
2
cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive wordnet
3
Anything that binds two things or people together. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"What is a kiss ? Why this, as some approve, / The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love."
4
A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To join or attach something using glue. transitive
"I need to glue the chair-leg back into place."
2
be fixed as if by glue wordnet
3
To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively. figuratively, transitive
"His eyes were glued to the screen."
4
join or attach with or as if with glue wordnet
5
To apply glue. intransitive
""This is how the whiskers went, I think. Cut long strips of paper—I'm just using a second paper bag here—and run the flat edge of the scissors down the strip to make it curl. Voilà. Then glue each whisker, like so, next to the nose, four on a side." She was watching. I glued quickly so I wouldn't lose her."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay. Partially displaced native Old English līm (“glue”) and ġelīman (“to glue”) (whence modern lime).

Etymology 2

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