glue

Meanings

Plural: glues

Noun

cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
Anything that binds two things or people together.
A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.

Verb

join or attach with or as if with glue
be fixed as if by glue
- "His eyes were glued on her"
To join or attach something using glue.
To cause something to adhere closely to; to cause to follow attentively.
To apply glue.

Origin / 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).

Synonyms

adhere, attach, bond, cleave, cling, cohere, conglutinate, glue, gum, hug, mucilage, paste, stick, stick together, stick with

Scrabble Score: 5

glue is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
glue is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
glue is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

glue is a valid Words With Friends word