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GLUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glue" is a kind of...):
cement (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glue"):
animal glue (a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses)
casein glue (made from casein; used for e.g. plywood and cabinetwork)
fish glue (gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish)
marine glue (glue that is not water soluble)
Derivation:
glue (be fixed as if by glue)
glue (join or attach with or as if with glue)
gluey (having the sticky properties of an adhesive)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they glue ... he / she / it glues
Past simple: glued
Past participle: glued
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be fixed as if by glue
Example:
His eyes were glued on her
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "glue" is one way to...):
fasten (become fixed or fastened)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
glue (cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Join or attach with or as if with glue
Example:
cut and paste the sentence in the text
Synonyms:
glue; paste
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "glue" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "glue"):
epoxy (glue with epoxy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
glue (cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive)
Context examples:
“Cross-laminated timber is a popular choice of timber construction material. It’s made by gluing together layers of sawn timber, each at a right angle to the layer below,” said Shah.
(Visualising heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings, University of Cambridge)
The jaws stopped working, the ears ceased wobbling, and though eyes remained glued on plates, each man listened greedily for the answer.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The researchers will now work on developed modifications for other common household formaldehyde, which is present in glues, woodsmoke, and furniture.
(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In industry, acetone is used in some plastics, fibers, medicines, household cleaners, glues, and nail polish removers.
(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)
Like the cells elsewhere in your body, the neurons in your brain are being constantly refreshed by two different types of glial cell - support cells that are often called the glue of the nervous system.
(Lack of Sleep Makes Brain to Literally Eat Itself, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
He drew, he varnished, he carpentered, he glued; he made toys for the children; he fashioned new netting-needles and pins with improvements; and if everything else was done, sat down to his large fishing-net at one corner of the room.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
In a study, an international team of researchers that included the University of Colorado Boulder's Paola Villa, corresponding author of the study and an adjoint curator at the university's Museum of Natural History, reports findings that Neanderthals living in Europe from about 55 to 40 thousand years ago traveled away from their caves to collect resin from pine trees, which they used to glue stone tools to handles made of wood or bone.
(Neanderthals used resin 'glue' for tools, National Science Foundation)
Scientists observed eleven proteins found only in slug glue and used DNA recombination to produce usable amounts of each of these proteins.
(New studies may bring slug-made glues closer to use in medicine, Wikinews)
Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue, to make it airtight, after which he announced that the balloon was ready.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The other four men glued their eyes on their plates and chewed steadily and with thoughtful precision, their ears moving and wobbling, in time with their jaws, like the ears of so many animals.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
