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glue
English
Etymology
From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin gl?s (stem gl?t-), from Latin gl?ten. Related to clay.
Displaced native Old English l?m (“glue”) and ?el?man (“to glue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?lju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Noun
glue (countable and uncountable, plural glues)
- A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- (figuratively) Anything that binds two things or people together.
- (obsolete) Birdlime.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
glue (third-person singular simple present glues, present participle gluing or glueing, simple past and past participle glued)
- (transitive) To join or attach something using glue.
- (transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.
- 1961 May 9, Newton N. Minow, "Television and the Public Interest":
- Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
Synonyms
- (join with glue): agglutinate, conglutinate, gum, paste
- (adhere closely): adhere, cling, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
Derived terms
- screwed, glued and tattooed
Translations
Further reading
- glue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Guel, UGLE, gule, luge
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French glu.
Noun
glue
- Alternative form of glew (“glue”).
Etymology 2
From Old English gl?wian.
Verb
glue
- Alternative form of glewen (“to play music, have fun”).
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badigeon
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French badigeon
Noun
badigeon (countable and uncountable, plural badigeons)
- A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
Anagrams
- gabioned
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.di.???/
Noun
badigeon m (plural badigeons)
- distemper, badigeon
Related terms
- badigeonnage
- badigeonner
- badigeonneur
References
- “badigeon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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