1
a
: any of various strong adhesive substances
especially
: a hard protein chiefly gelatinous substance that absorbs water to form a viscous solution with strong adhesive properties and that is obtained by cooking down collagenous materials (such as hides or bones)
b
: a solution of glue used for sticking things together
2
: something that binds together
enough social glue … to satisfy the human desire for community—
E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
glued; gluing also glueing
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: to cause to stick tightly with or as if with glue
gluing the parts together
used that war to glue together a frail story—Gloria Emerson
Gloria Emerson2
: to cause to remain continuously or to be fixed steadily
—usually used with to
the spectators were glued to their seats
all eyes glued to the TV screen
Examples of glue in a Sentence
Noun
The hardware store offers several different glues.
used glue to stick the photo in the album
Verb
I glued the pieces of the cup back together.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 May 2025
There were nearly 100 dead or dying roaches in areas across the taco shop, including more than 50 inside a glue trap on the floor beneath the two door reach-in cooler.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Kelly Iko, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Instead, the change was a gradual softening, a growing sense that my shoulders had dropped a bit and my tongue wasn’t glued so tightly to the roof of my mouth.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 9 May 2025
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Noun
Celestial Park Celestial Park is the glue that holds all those seemingly unrelated stories together like connective tissue.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 13 May 2025
There were nearly 100 dead or dying roaches in areas across the taco shop, including more than 50 inside a glue trap on the floor beneath the two door reach-in cooler.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
Because of his offensive struggles, Dort was glued to the bench for a critical first half of the fourth, with Alex Caruso getting his minutes.
—Kelly Iko, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Instead, the change was a gradual softening, a growing sense that my shoulders had dropped a bit and my tongue wasn’t glued so tightly to the roof of my mouth.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 9 May 2025
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“Glue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glue. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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