Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

    Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement

    Klebstoff, Leim, Kleber

    клейklej

    клейklej

    cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything that binds two things or people together.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.

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

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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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