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adjective

as in cemented

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verb

past tense of glue
as in bound

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Recent Examples of glued
Verb
Garden Art Wine corks can be glued together with a hot glue gun to create decorative birdhouses and wreaths to display in the garden. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glued
  1. bonded
  2. bound
  3. stuck
  4. fastened
  5. frozen
  6. fused
  7. anchored
  8. adhered
Adjective
  • Unlike clip- and tape-ins, these are pre-bonded strands that use partial keratin — a protein already found in the hair — as an adhesive.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
  • Cost is $25 for single and bonded adult cats; $50 for one kitten and $75 for two kittens.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 12 July 2022
Definition of bonded
Verb
  • It is bounded by Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • Two more fireworks bounded across the field and into the stands.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of bound
Adjective
  • Why this scam targets parents so well Parents are wired to respond when a child sounds stuck.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • However, parts of the Southeast will remain stuck in the 90s for much of next week.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Definition of stuck
Verb
  • Page Six also reported that the fabric on the box was fastened with a wax seal and wrapped around a card.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • One climber slipped and fell about 700 feet after his equipment was not properly fastened, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office and climbing ranger Nick Meyers.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of fastened
Adjective
  • The size of the frozen zone in which crews are working to stabilize a building in Midtown Manhattan was decreased late Tuesday, but some roads remain blocked.
    — Kelly McCleary, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Locals can purchase summer pool passes and spend the afternoon sipping frozen cocktails and enjoying light bites at the Pool House.
    — Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of frozen
Verb
  • The real breakthrough is continuous data lineage fused with identity-aware governance, where every dataset, permission and transfer is traceable in real time.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Gompers’s line drawings fused Heinz Edelmann with the woodblock frontispiece of the Chinese translation of the Diamond Sutra.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Definition of fused
Adjective
  • Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Oman on Sunday.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • The Golden Knights play a center-release system, where their defensemen don’t travel above the tops of circles, and both defensemen stay anchored close to their net, and their center does most of the work.
    — Pierre LeBrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of anchored
Verb
  • But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.
    — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • The report found that excessive moisture had caused the adhesive to fail, leaving the roofing membrane no longer properly adhered, according to the lawsuit.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Definition of adhered

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