gluenoun [ U ]
uk/ɡluː/us/ɡluː/C2 a sticky substance that is used for joining things together permanently, produced from animal bones and skins or by a chemical process
Examples
- a blob of glue
- Join the two pieces together using strong glue.
- The parts are held together with glue.
- You could stick that back together with a bit of glue.
- Watch that you don't get glue on your fingers, won't you?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Glues, gluing & stickiness
- adhere
- adhesion
- adhesive
- Blu-Tack
- cement
- epoxy resin
- fixative
- gloop
- gluey
- glutinous
- gum
- gummy
- honeydew
- plaster
- propanone
- putty
- slimy
- stick-on
- sticky
- tacky
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glueverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ɡluː/us/ɡluː/present participle glueing or gluing, past tense and past participle gluedC2 to join things together using glue:
Is it worth trying to glue this plate back together?
I've nearly finished making my plane - I just have to glue the wings on.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Glues, gluing & stickiness
- adhere
- adhesion
- adhesive
- Blu-Tack
- cement
- epoxy resin
- fixative
- gloop
- gluey
- glutinous
- gum
- gummy
- honeydew
- plaster
- propanone
- putty
- slimy
- stick-on
- sticky
- tacky
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Idiom(s)
be glued to sth
glued to the spot