glue
verb/ɡluː/
/ɡluː/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they glue | /ɡluː/ /ɡluː/ |
| he / she / it glues | /ɡluːz/ /ɡluːz/ |
| past simple glued | /ɡluːd/ /ɡluːd/ |
| past participle glued | /ɡluːd/ /ɡluːd/ |
| -ing form gluing | /ˈɡluːɪŋ/ /ˈɡluːɪŋ/ |
| -ing form glueing | /ˈɡluːɪŋ/ /ˈɡluːɪŋ/ |
- to join two things together using glue synonym stick
- glue A (to/onto B) She glued the label onto the box.
- glue A and B (together) Glue the two pieces of cardboard together.
- Make sure the edges are glued down.
Extra Examples- Glue the pieces firmly together.
- Someone's glued this coin to the table!
- The shells were glued in place.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- down
- together
- …
- onto
- to
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French glu (noun), gluer (verb), from late Latin glus, glut-, from Latin gluten.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See glue in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe glued to something
- (informal) to give all your attention to something; to stay very close to something
- He spent the whole trip glued to his phone.
- Her eyes were glued to the screen (= she did not stop watching it).
- Her eyes were glued firmly to the computer screen.
glued/riveted/rooted to the spot
- not able to move, for example because you are frightened or surprised
- I stood rooted to the spot with terror.
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