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Meanings of glue in English

Portuguese
colas
Catalan
goma d'enganxar
Spanish
mucílago

Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.

colas
Portuguese
colar
Catalan
encolar
Spanish
pegar

Join or attach with or as if with glue.

colar

Substance used for sticking objects together.

Usage of glue in English
1
Yes, yes, of course she is.' Mrs Castaway stirs the glue-pot pensively.
The crimson petal and the white
2
Often it will hold without binding or glue for a long time.
The Valley of Horses
3
Some were weaker than modeling glue; others were used in aerospace construction.
Sword of god
4
FINANCING This is the glue that will hold any new pact together.
Reuters
5
When we think we have them cold, they'll use the I'm-rubber-you're-glue strategy.
Ebony
6
Every book sent Africa has red pepper mixed with glue in binding.
The new yorker
7
Hold the hoofs in the tongs, and cast them with fish glue.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
8
Third, political will is the glue that binds all security-focused actions together.
The Guardian
9
The glue is soaked in cold water till it is completely soft.
On Laboratory Arts
10
They only wanted another animal who could slop glue on their best-sellers.
A Confederacy of Dunces
11
It is the true glue that holds the hundreds of worlds together.
The Hyperion Cantos
12
And without our glue, we can't use the titanium glue-ins Lee brought.
Climbing Magazine
13
You've seen what they do: duct tape, hot glue guns, pins .
Skinny italian: eat it and enjoy it
14
But why can't you just let people's memory glue things back together?
Gratitude
15
After the glue has set sufficiently, assemble the remainder of the parts.
Mission Furniture: How to Make It, Part 3
16
On top of the paper was an empty squeezed tube of glue.
86'd: a novel
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Glue through the time
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United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
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