glue /gloo/

1. An impure gelatine produced by boiling animal waste (hooves, hides, bones), used as an adhesive
2. Any of several synthetic substances used as adhesives

To join with, or as if with, glue or some other adhesive

gluˈer noun

gluˈey adjective (gluˈier; gluˈiest)

1. Containing glue
2. Sticky
3. Viscous

gluˈeyness noun

gluˈish adjective (obsolete)

Having the nature of glue

glueˈball noun

A hypothetical subatomic particle consisting exclusively of gluons bound together

glue ear noun

A condition of the ear where middle-ear fluid fails to drain down the Eustachian tube, collecting instead behind the eardrum and causing deafness, infection and discharge

glueˈ-pot noun

1. A vessel for melting or holding glue
2. A sticky place (informal)

glueˈ-sniffer noun

A person who inhales the fumes of certain types of glue to achieve hallucinatory effects, etc

glueˈ-sniffing noun

The practice (sometimes fatal) of doing this

be glued to (informal)

1. To fix the eyes on (esp a television or computer screen) with intense concentration or interest
2. To stay very close to

marine glue

Not a glue, but a composition of rubber, shellac and oil, that resists seawater

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