glued
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glue
(glo͞o)n.
1.
a. A strong liquid adhesive obtained by boiling collagenous animal parts such as bones, hides, and hooves into hard gelatin and then adding water.
b. Any of various similar adhesives, such as paste, mucilage, or epoxy.
2. An adhesive force or factor: Idealism was the glue that held our group together.
tr.v. glued, glu·ing, glues
1. To stick, fasten, or cause to adhere: glued the broken leg of the chair together.
2. To cause to be focused on or directed at something: Our eyes were glued to the stage.
[Middle English glu, from Old French, from Late Latin glūs, glūt-, from Latin glūten.]
glu′ey adj.
glu′i·ness n.
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Adj. | 1. | glued - affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; "he stayed glued to one spot"; "pieces of pasted paper" affixed - firmly attached; "the affixed labels" |
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