gluey

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glue

(glo͞o)

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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glue•y

(ˈglu i)

adj. glu•i•er, glu•i•est.

1. like glue; viscid; sticky.

2. full of or smeared with glue.

[1350–1400]

glu′ey•ness, n.

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Adj.

gluey - having the sticky properties of an adhesive

glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, sticky, viscid, viscous, pasty

adhesive - tending to adhere

gluey

adjective

Having the property of adhering:

adhesive, gooey, gummy, sticky, tacky.

Translations

klebrig

enyvesragacsosragadós

colloso

gluey

[ˈgluːɪ] ADJ → pegajoso, viscoso

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gluey

adj → klebrig

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gluey

[ˈgluːɪ] adj → appiccicoso/a

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gluey

a. gomoso-a, viscoso-a, glutinoso-a.

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'For that,' Mr Wegg inwardly decides, as he takes a corrective sniff or two, 'is musty, leathery, feathery, cellary, gluey, gummy, and,' with another sniff, 'as it might be, strong of old pairs of bellows.'

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