Glue
Glue (glū) , noun
[French glu, Latin glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Compare 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.
Collocations (5)
Bee glue , See under Bee.
Fish glue , a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass.
Glue plant (Botany) , 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.
Glue , transitive verb
[French 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.
This cold, congealed blood
That glues my lips, and will not let me speak.