Definition of "glue" in Anglais

noun

1. A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.

   • Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement

2. (figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.

3. (botany) A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.

verb

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

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

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

   • His eyes were glued to the screen.

3. (intransitive) To apply glue.