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glue

(glo͞o)

a. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.

b. Any of various similar adhesives, such as paste, mucilage, or epoxy.

2. An adhesive force or factor: Idealism was the glue that held our group together.

tr.v. glued, glu·ing, glues

1. To stick, fasten, or cause to adhere: glued the broken leg of the chair together.

2. To cause to be focused on or directed at something: Our eyes were glued to the stage.

[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin glūs, glūt-, from Latin glūten.]

glu′ey adj.

glu′i·ness n.

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glue

(ɡluː)

1. (Chemistry) any natural or synthetic adhesive, esp a sticky gelatinous substance prepared by boiling animal products such as bones, skin, and horns

2. any other sticky or adhesive substance

vb, glues, gluing, glueing or glued

(tr) to join or stick together with or as if with glue

[C14: from Old French glu, from Late Latin glūs; compare Greek gloios]

ˈglueˌlike adj

ˈgluer n

ˈgluey, ˈglueish adj

ˈgluily adv

ˈglueyness, ˈgluiness n

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glue

(glu)

n., v. glued, glu•ing. n.

1. a hard protein gelatin obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water and used as a strong adhesive.

2. any of various preparations of this or a similar substance, used as an adhesive.

v.t.

3. to join or attach firmly with glue or as if with glue: to glue a label on a package; to glue one's eyes to the TV set.

[1300–50; Middle English glu, gleu < Old French glu < Late Latin glūtem, acc. of glūs, for Latin glūten; compare gluten]

glue

(glo͞o)

A thick, sticky substance made of gelatin or other substances, such as epoxy, resin, or polyethylene. Glues are used to join things together.

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glue

Past participle: glued
Gerund: glueing/gluing

Imperative
glue
glue

Present
I glue
you glue
he/she/it glues
we glue
you glue
they glue

Preterite
I glued
you glued
he/she/it glued
we glued
you glued
they glued

Present Continuous
I am glueing/gluing
you are glueing/gluing
he/she/it is glueing/gluing
we are glueing/gluing
you are glueing/gluing
they are glueing/gluing

Present Perfect
I have glued
you have glued
he/she/it has glued
we have glued
you have glued
they have glued

Past Continuous
I was glueing/gluing
you were glueing/gluing
he/she/it was glueing/gluing
we were glueing/gluing
you were glueing/gluing
they were glueing/gluing

Past Perfect
I had glued
you had glued
he/she/it had glued
we had glued
you had glued
they had glued

Future
I will glue
you will glue
he/she/it will glue
we will glue
you will glue
they will glue

Future Perfect
I will have glued
you will have glued
he/she/it will have glued
we will have glued
you will have glued
they will have glued

Future Continuous
I will be glueing/gluing
you will be glueing/gluing
he/she/it will be glueing/gluing
we will be glueing/gluing
you will be glueing/gluing
they will be glueing/gluing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been glueing/gluing
you have been glueing/gluing
he/she/it has been glueing/gluing
we have been glueing/gluing
you have been glueing/gluing
they have been glueing/gluing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been glueing/gluing
you will have been glueing/gluing
he/she/it will have been glueing/gluing
we will have been glueing/gluing
you will have been glueing/gluing
they will have been glueing/gluing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been glueing/gluing
you had been glueing/gluing
he/she/it had been glueing/gluing
we had been glueing/gluing
you had been glueing/gluing
they had been glueing/gluing

Conditional
I would glue
you would glue
he/she/it would glue
we would glue
you would glue
they would glue

Past Conditional
I would have glued
you would have glued
he/she/it would have glued
we would have glued
you would have glued
they would have glued

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Noun	1.	glue - cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive mucilage, gum animal glue - a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses casein glue - made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork fish glue - gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish marine glue - glue that is not water soluble cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material
Verb	1.	glue - join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" paste attach - cause to be attached epoxy - glue with epoxy; "epoxy the shards"
	2.	glue - be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her" fasten - become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"

glue

noun

1. adhesive, cement, gum, paste, mucilage a tube of glue

verb

1. stick, fix, seal, cement, gum, paste, affix Glue the fabric around the window.

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Translations

غِراءغِراء، صِمْغيُغَرِّييُلصِق بالصِّمْغ، يُغَرّي

lepidlolepitpřilepit

limlimeklisterklistre

kleben Klebstoff Leim leimen Uhu

κόλλα κολλάω κολλώ γόμα

cola pegamento pegar colar goma

liimaliimata

colle coller glu

דבק הדביק

ljepilozalijepitilijepiti

ragasztó

límlíma

colla incollare glutine

接着剤接着剤でつける

붙이다풀

gluten

klijuoti

līmelīmēt

lijm lijmen

klister klistre sammen lim lime

klej skleić

colar cola

клеить клей

lepilolepiti

klisterlimmaklistralim

ใช้กาวติดกาว

tutkaltutkallamakyapıştırmak zamkzamklamak

dán lạihồ dán

胶水粘合粘贴

glue

[gluː]

A. N → cola f, pegamento m; (as drug) → pegamento m

B. VT

1. (lit) → pegar (to a) to glue two things together → pegar dos cosas (con goma )

2. (fig) her face was glued to the window → tenía la cara pegada a la ventana
she was glued to the television → estaba pegada al televisor
to be glued to the spot → quedarse clavado

C. CPD glue sniffer N → esnifador(a) m/f de pegamento, persona f que inhala or esnifa pegamento
glue sniffing N → inhalación f de pegamento

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

glue

[ˈgluː]

n → colle f

vt → coller
to glue sth together → coller qch ensemble
to glue sth to sth → coller qch à qch
to be glued to the television [person] → être cloué(e) devant la télévision
He kept his eyes glued to the clock, waiting for 4.30 → Il avait les yeux fixés sur la pendule, attendant 4h30.glue-sniffer [ˈgluːsnɪfə^r] n → sniffeur/euse m/f de colle glue-sniffing [ˈgluːsnɪfɪŋ] n → inhalation f de colle

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glue

n → Klebstoff m, → Leim m; to stick to somebody/something like glue → an jdm/etw kleben (inf)

vt → kleben, leimen; to glue something together → etw zusammenkleben or -leimen; to glue something down/on → etw fest-/ankleben; to glue something to something → etw an etw (acc) → kleben, etw an etw (dat) → festkleben; her ear was glued to the keyhole → ihr Ohr klebte am Schlüsselloch; to keep one’s eyes glued to somebody/something → jdn/etw nicht aus den Augen lassen; his eyes were glued to the screen → seine Augen hingen an der Leinwand; he’s been glued to the TV all evening → er hängt schon den ganzen Abend vorm Fernseher (inf); he stood there as if glued to the spot → er stand wie angewurzelt da; we were glued to our seats → wir saßen wie gebannt auf unseren Plätzen

glue

glue pot

n → Leimtopf m

glue-sniffer

n → (Klebstoff)schnüffler(in) m(f)

glue-sniffing

n → (Klebstoff)schnüffeln nt

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glue

[gluː]

1. n → colla

2. vt to glue (to) → incollare (a)
to glue two things together → incollare due cose insieme
she was glued to the television (fig) → stava incollata alla televisione
he was glued to the spot (fig) → rimase di sasso

glue

(gluː) noun

a substance used for sticking things together. That glue will not stick plastic to wood.

verb

to join (things) with glue.

glue

→ غِراء, يُغَرِّي lepidlo, lepit lim, lime kleben, Klebstoff κόλλα, κολλάω pegamento, pegar liima, liimata colle, coller ljepilo, zalijepiti colla, incollare 接着剤, 接着剤でつける 붙이다, 풀 lijm, lijmen lim, lime klej, skleić cola, colar клеить, клей klister, limma ใช้กาวติด, กาว tutkal, yapıştırmak dán lại, hồ dán 粘贴, 胶水

glue

n. cola, goma de pegar;

___ ear → oído tupido o tapado con cerumen;

___ -sniffing → inhalación de ___.

glue

n (as drug of abuse) pegamento

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As soon as the sledge was loaded he meant to send Jotham back to the farm and hurry on foot into the village to buy the glue for the pickle-dish.

He thought that by starting out again with the lumber as soon as he had finished his dinner he might get back to the farm with the glue before Jotham and the old sorrel had had time to fetch Zenobia from the Flats; but he knew the chance was a slight one.

He worked like ten at the unloading, and when it was over hastened on to Michael Eady's for the glue. Eady and his assistant were both "down street," and young Denis, who seldom deigned to take their place, was lounging by the stove with a knot of the golden youth of Starkfield.

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"A balloon," said Oz, "is made of silk, which is coated with glue to keep the gas in it.

Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue, to make it airtight, after which he announced that the balloon was ready.

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Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad soldiers, with provisions enough to carry them a thousand li, the expenditure at home and at the front, including entertainment of guests, small items such as glue and paint, and sums spent on chariots and armor, will reach the total of a thousand ounces of silver per day.

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Usually, soap-bubbles are frail and burst easily, lasting only a few moments as they float in the air; but the Wizard added a sort of glue to his soapsuds, which made his bubbles tough; and, as the glue dried rapidly when exposed to the air, the Wizard's bubbles were strong enough to float for hours without breaking.

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"You boil it in sawdust: you salt it in glue: You condense it with locusts and tape: Still keeping one principal object in view-- To preserve its symmetrical shape."

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Pinocchio closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, while Geppetto stuck on the two feet with a bit of glue melted in an eggshell, doing his work so well that the joint could hardly be seen.

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But then, when I come to think on it, meanin' goes but a little way i' most things, for you may mean to stick things together and your glue may be bad, and then where are you?

And he made light on it, and he says, "Pooh, pooh, Macey, make yourself easy," he says; "it's neither the meaning nor the words--it's the regester does it--that's the glue." So you see he settled it easy; for parsons and doctors know everything by heart, like, so as they aren't worreted wi' thinking what's the rights and wrongs o' things, as I'n been many and many's the time.

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Low-flying planes often "glue up" when near the Magnetic Pole, and there is no reason in science why the same disability should not be experienced at higher levels when the Auroras are "delivering" strongly.