[ US /ˈɡɫu/ ]
[ UK /ɡlˈuː/ ]
VERB
  1. be fixed as if by glue
    His eyes were glued on her
  2. join or attach with or as if with glue
    paste the sign on the wall
    cut and paste the sentence in the text
NOUN
  1. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
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How To Use glue In A Sentence

  • Push the panel into the glued surface and use a level to make certain it is plumb before you tack it into position and glue it down permanently.
  • Dab a little wood glue into the hole, insert the dowel, and drive a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch screw through the back of the wood to secure the dowel.
  • After the counter is installed on top of the cabinet, the wood strip is attached to the front edge of the counter using glue and small, air-driven brads.
  • The antlers are placed together, held by sandbags and glued with epoxy.
  • The wooden matches were glued to the dial of the manual kitchen timer.
  • Robert Dossie described three categories of watercolor painting — miniature, the most delicate; distemper, which is coarser, uses less expensive colors in a glue or casein binder, and is appropriate for canvas hangings, ceilings, and other interior decorative painting purposes; and fresco. reference As a technique practiced by the Romans, fresco painting was a subject of particularly interest in the antiquity-obsessed eighteenth-century. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
  • The hero of philately became an immortal, but all he really invented was the idea of the glue on the back.
  • The type of damage being done to the cars ranges from wing mirrors being snapped off to glue being put in locks and tyres being slashed, with victims facing bills of hundreds of pounds.
  • Speaking afterwards, Mr Glass said:" My left hand was covered in superglue and I stuck it to his sleeve. Archive 2008-07-01
  • Again for very reasonable prices, they will restitch, reheel, resole or reglue pretty much anything. Times, Sunday Times
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