glue
pronunciation
How to pronounce glue in British English:
UK [ɡluː]
How to pronounce glue in American English:
US [ɡluː]
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- Noun:
- cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
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- Verb:
- join or attach with or as if with glue
- be fixed as if by glue
Word Origin
- glue
- glue: [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-classical times this spawned a new form, glūs, which English acquired via Old French glu as glue.=> agglutinate, gluten, glutinous
- glue (n.)
- "viscous adhesive substance," early 13c., from Old French glu "glue, birdlime" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *glutis or Late Latin glutem (nominative glus) "glue," from Latin gluten "glue, beeswax," from PIE *gleit- "to glue, paste" (cognates: Lithuanian glitus "sticky," glitas "mucus;" Old English cliða "plaster"), from root *glei- "to stick together" (see clay). Formerly also glew. In reference to glue from boiled animal hoofs and hides, c. 1400. Glue-sniffing attested from 1963.
- glue (v.)
- "join or fasten with glue," late 14c., from Old French gluer, gluier "smear with glue; join together," from glu "glue, birdlime" (see glue (n.)). Related: Glued; gluing.
Example
- 1. So what is such strong glue used for ?
- 2. Once the hot glue dries , the pumpkins are done !
- 3. Why not glue a sensor array to your skin ?
- 4. These spiders produce a mixture of venom , glue and silk to spit at their prey .
- 5. The glue has fallen from the mouth ahead of it .