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gluing

glue
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gloo]
    • /glu/
    • /ɡluː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gloo]
    • /glu/

Definitions of gluing word

  • noun gluing a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive. 1
  • noun gluing any of various solutions or preparations of this substance, used as an adhesive. 1
  • noun gluing any of various other solutions or preparations that can be used as adhesives. 1
  • verb with object gluing to join or fasten with glue. 1
  • verb with object gluing to cover or smear (something) with glue (sometimes followed by up). 1
  • verb with object gluing to fix or attach firmly with or as if with glue; make adhere closely: to glue a model ship together. 1

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Origin of gluing

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; (noun) Middle English glu, gleu < Old French glu < Latin glūt- (stem of glūs); cognate with Greek gloiós gum, anything sticky; (v.) Middle English glywen, glewen, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Gluing

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gluing popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

gluing usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for gluing

verb gluing

  • attach — If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
  • unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
  • fasten — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
  • cleave — To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
  • fix — to repair; mend.

noun gluing

  • sealant — a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
  • rubber cement — a viscous, flammable liquid consisting of unvulcanized rubber dispersed in benzene, gasoline, or the like, used chiefly as an adhesive.
  • sandGeorge [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804–76, French novelist.
  • epoxy — An adhesive, plastic, paint, or other material made from a class of synthetic thermosetting polymers containing epoxide groups.
  • lute — a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle.

Antonyms for gluing

verb gluing

  • detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
  • disconnect — SCSI reconnect
  • disjoin — to undo or prevent the junction or union of; disunite; separate.
  • loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.

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