glue

Meanings

• noun

  A substance used for joining or bonding materials, typically consisting of a sticky substance such as synthetic resin or animal hide glue.

  - "The carpenter used glue to attach the wood pieces together."
  - "She used glue to paste the pictures on the wall."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɡluː/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780109"

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Synonyms

adhere , cling , stick , agglutinate , conglutinate , gum , paste

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with glue
grew , true , cue , blue

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Variants

List of all variants of glue that leads to same result
glue , glues , gluey , gluier , gluiest , gluily , glued , glueing , gluing , crazy glue , crazy glues , crazy glued , crazy gluing , crazy-glue , crazy-glued , crazy-glues , crazy-gluing , stick like glue , super glue , super glues , super-glue , super-glues , superglue , superglues , super glued , super glueing , super gluing , super-glued , super-glueing , super-gluing , superglued , superglueing , supergluing

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English glifian 'to stick, adhere'; related to glican 'to stick, be glued'.

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Trivia

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1. Glue was once made from the hides of animals, particularly cows and pigs.

2. The world's strongest glue is made from the tears of a male African elephant.

3. The first super glue was invented in 1958 by Harry Coover.

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Related Concepts

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1. Adhesive: An adhesive is a substance that causes materials to adhere to one another. Glue is a common type of adhesive.

2. Bonding: Bonding is the process of joining two or more materials together. Glue is commonly used for this purpose.

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Culture

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Glue has been used for various purposes throughout history, including in art, where it was used to attach feathers to arrows, and in cooking, where it was used to thicken soups and sauces. In literature, glue has been used as a metaphor for bonding or sticking together, as in the phrase 'sticking together like glue'.

How to Memorize "glue"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a bottle of glue and the way it looks and feels when you squeeze it out. Visualize the way it sticks materials together.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'glue' with the idea of sticking or bonding materials together.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Glistening Liquid Unites Everyday' to remember the definition of glue.

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