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Added 8 October 2026

glue

/ɡluː/ noun

In Latin: glūten Wiktionary

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A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
Anything that binds two things or people together.
A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.

verb

To join or attach something using glue.
I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively.
His eyes were glued to the screen.
To apply glue.

Origin

From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay. Partially displaced native Old English līm (“glue”) and ġelīman (“to glue”) (whence modern lime).

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