noun “glue”
singular glue, plural glues or uncountable
- a sticky substance used to stick things together
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Could you hand me the glue so I can fix this vase?
- (figurative) something that binds people or things together
She is the glue that holds the family together.
verb “glue”
infinitive glue; he glues; past tense glued; past part. glued; ger. gluing, glueing
- to stick things together using glue
He glued the pieces of the model airplane together.
- (figurative) to cause someone to remain attentively focused on something
The suspenseful plot glued the readers to the book.