Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To join or attach something using glue.

    I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.

    join or attach with or as if with glue

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively.

    His eyes were glued to the screen.

    leimen, kleben

    кле́итьkléitʹ, скле́итьskléitʹ, прикле́итьprikléitʹ

    кле́їтиkléjity

  3. (intransitive)To apply glue.

    be fixed as if by glue

Examples

120 sentences
  1. Tom's eyes were glued to the screen.

    Очі Тома були прикуті до екрану. — deniko

    ruГлаза Тома были прикованы к экрану. — marafon

  2. I need glue.

    Мені потрібен клей. — deniko

    ruМне нужен клей. — Olya

    deIch brauche Kleber. — MisterTrouser

  3. I tried gluing it back together.

  4. Please glue these two parts together.

    ruПожалуйста, склейте эти две части. — Serg_K1ng

  5. This fluid can be substituted for glue.

    ruЭтой жидкостью можно заменить клей. — AntonKhorev

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
join with glue:
Русский
By meaning 1
join with glue:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
join with glue:

Origin

From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin gl

From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay.

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Forms

glues, gluing, glued, glued
Base formglue · to glue
3rd person singularglues
Present participlegluing
Past simpleglued
Past participleglued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyglue
he, she, itglues

Past simpleLesson

all personsglued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave glued
he, she, ithas glued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill glue

Synonyms

13 synonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
glue — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto