'Glue' definitions:
Definition of 'glue'
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Definition of 'Glue'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Glue'
From: GCIDE
- Glue \Glue\ (gl[=u]), 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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 or alcohol.
- Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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