glue

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
  2. verb join or attach with or as if with glue
  3. verb be fixed as if by glue

Etymology

From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay. Partially displaced native Old English līm (“glue”) and ġelīman (“to glue”) (whence modern lime).

In classic literature

Synonyms

gum, mucilage

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