glue
n
1 any natural or synthetic adhesive, esp. a sticky gelatinous substance prepared by boiling animal products such as bones, skin, and horns
2 any other sticky or adhesive substance
vb , glues, gluing, glueing, glued
3 tr to join or stick together with or as if with glue (C14: from Old French glu, from Late Latin glus; compare Greek gloios) ♦
gluelike adj ♦
gluer n ♦
gluey adj
bee glue
n another name for →
propolis
glue ear
n accumulation of fluid in the middle ear in children, caused by infection and sometimes resulting in deafness
glue-sniffing
n the practice of inhaling the fumes of certain types of glue to produce intoxicating or hallucinatory effects
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glue-sniffer n