glue
English
/ɡluː/, /ɡljuː/
noun
Definitions
- A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- (figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.
- (obsolete) Birdlime.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English glew (glue).
Origin
Middle English
glew
Gloss
glue
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigluon English
- ball English
- beglue English
- board English
- boil English
- brickclay English
- clay English
- claybed English
- claycourt English
- clayen English
- clayey English
- clayfield English
- clayish English
- claykicker English
- clayless English
- claylike English
- claypan English
- claystone English
- clayware English
- digluon English
- englue English
- glew English
- gluable English
- glue-boiler English
- glueable English
- glueball English
- glueboard English
- gluehead English
- glueless English
- gluelessness English
- gluelike English
- gluelump English
- gluemaker English
- gluemaking English
- gluepot English
- gluer English
- gluey English
- glueyness English
- gluily English
- gluino English
- gluish English
- gluon English
- gluonic English
- gluonics English
- gluonium English
- hypergluon English
- leptogluon English
- lump English
- maker English
- making English
- multigluon English
- nanoclay English
- nonclay English
- nonglue English
- organoclay English
- paper clay English
- pipeclay English
- pot English
- quasigluon English
- reglue English
- sgluon English
- superglue English
- technigluon English
- trigluon English
- underclay English
- unglue English
- glūs Latin
- glūten Latin
- глюо́н Russian
- gluon Spanish, Castilian
- grudar Portuguese
- grudento Portuguese
- グルーオン Japanese
- cley Middle English
- glew Middle English
- glewe Middle English
- glewer Middle English
- glewy Middle English
- glewysch Middle English
- glowe Middle English
- glue Middle English
- gliú Irish
- gliúphota Irish
- gliúáil Irish
- glu Old French
- glu Cebuano
- gluhi Cebuano
- glīts Latvian
- glītums Latvian
- neglīts Latvian
- neglītums Latvian
- gluu Swahili
- nguruu Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- *glitus bat-pro
- pot
- boil
- ball
- glew
- lump
- clay
- maker
- gluon
- gluey
- board
- gluer
- sgluon
- clayey
- making
- clayen
- reglue
- unglue
- gluily
- englue
- beglue
- gluino
- gluish
- gluable
- digluon
- gluepot
- nonclay
- clayish
- nonglue
- claypan
- gluonic
- claybed
- gluehead
- claylike
- glueless
- gluelump
- gluonium
- trigluon
- gluonics
- clayless
- glueable
- nanoclay
- glueball
- clayware
- pipeclay
- gluelike
- superglue
- gluemaker
- brickclay
- underclay
- claystone
- clayfield
- antigluon
- glueboard
- glueyness
- claycourt
- gluemaking
- claykicker
- multigluon
- hypergluon
- quasigluon
- paper clay
- leptogluon
- organoclay
- glue-boiler
- technigluon
- gluelessness