Glue Definition

glo͝o

glued, glues, gluing

noun

glues

A hard, brittle gelatin made by boiling animal skins, bones, hoofs, etc. to a jelly: when heated in water, it forms a sticky, viscous liquid used to stick things together.

Webster's New World

Any of various similar adhesive preparations made from casein, resin, etc.

Webster's New World

An adhesive force or factor.

Idealism was the glue that held our group together.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

verb

glued, glues, gluing

To make stick with or as with glue.

Webster's New World

To make fixed or focused.

Glued to the TV all morning.

Webster's New World

To cause to be focused on or directed at something.

Our eyes were glued to the stage.

American Heritage

To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.

His eyes were glued to the screen.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Glue

Noun

Singular:

glue

Plural:

glues

Origin of Glue

Middle English glu from Old French from Late Latin glūs glūt- from Latin glūten

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French glu (now ‘birdlime’), from Late Latin glus, glut-, from Latin gluten.

From Wiktionary