glue

  • 31glue — noun an adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together. verb (glues, gluing or glueing, glued) 1》 fasten or join with glue. 2》 (be glued to) informal be paying very close attention to. Derivatives glue like adjective gluey …

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  • 32glue — I. n. Gelatine (impure). II. v. a. Cement (with glue), join with glue …

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  • 33glue — 1 noun (C, U) a sticky substance used for joining things together 2 verb present participle gluing or glueing (T) 1 to join two things together using a special sticky substance: glue sth together: I managed to glue the pieces back together. 2 be… …

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  • 34glue — [gluː] noun [C/U] I a sticky substance that you use for fixing things to each other II verb [T] glue [gluː] to stick things to each other with glue • be glued to sth to be looking at something and not paying attention to anything else[/ex] …

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  • 35glue — /glu / (say glooh) noun 1. an impure gelatine obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, and used for various purposes, as an adhesive medium in uniting substances. 2. any of various preparations of this substance. 3 …

  • 36glue — [14] Glue is an ancient word, whose ancestry can be traced back all the way to Indo European *gloi , *glei , *gli ‘stick’. Its Latin descendant was glūten, from which English gets gluten [16], glutinous [16], and agglutinate [16]. In post… …

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  • 37glue — 1. noun a tube of glue Syn: adhesive, fixative, gum, paste, cement; epoxy, epoxy resin, size, sizing, mucilage, stickum 2. verb 1) the planks were glued together Syn: stick, gum …

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  • 38glue — 1. noun a tube of glue Syn: adhesive, gum, paste, cement; N.Amer. mucilage; N.Amer.; informal stickum 2. verb the planks were glued together Syn: stick, gum, paste, fix, seal, cement …

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  • 39glue — klijai statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. adhesive; glue vok. Kleber, m; Klebstoff, m; Leim, m rus. клей, m pranc. adhésif, m; colle, f …

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  • 40glue — lipdžiai statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Vandeniniai klijai medienai ir kitoms akytoms medžiagoms klijuoti. atitikmenys: angl. glue rus. клей …

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