glue

glue
    n 1: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an
         adhesive [syn: {glue}, {gum}, {mucilage}]
    v 1: join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on
         the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" [syn:
         {glue}, {paste}]
    2: be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her"
    

Glue \Glue\ (gl[=u]), n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from
   gluere to draw together. Cf. {Gluten}.]
   A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a
   jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated
   with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a
   cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to
   other adhesive or viscous substances.
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   {Bee glue}. See under {Bee}.

   {Fish glue}, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins
      and bladders; isinglass.

   {Glue plant} (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed ({Gloiopeltis tenax}).
      

   {Liquid glue}, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid or
      alcohol.

   {Marine glue}, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with
      shellac, used in shipbuilding.
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Glue \Glue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glued}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gluing}.] [F. gluer. See {Glue}, n.]
   To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick
   or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.
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         This cold, congealed blood
         That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. --Shak.
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glue
 n.

   Generic term for any interface logic or protocol that connects two
   component blocks. For example, {Blue Glue} is IBM's SNA protocol, and
   hardware designers call anything used to connect large VLSI's or
   circuit blocks glue logic.
    

glue

   <jargon> A generic term for any interface logic or {protocol}
   that connects two component blocks.  For example, {Blue Glue}
   is IBM's SNA protocol, and hardware designers call anything
   used to connect large VLSI's or circuit blocks "glue logic".

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1999-02-22)
    

125 Moby Thesaurus words for "glue":
      accouple, accumulate, adherent, adhesive, affix, agglutinate,
      albumen, amass, articulate, assemble, associate, band, barnacle,
      batter, bind, bond, bonnyclabber, bracket, bramble, braze, bridge,
      bridge over, brier, bulldog, burr, butter, cement, chain, clabber,
      clap together, collect, combine, comprise, concatenate,
      conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, cornstarch,
      couple, cover, cream, curd, decal, decalcomania, dough, egg white,
      embrace, encompass, fix, fuse, gather, gaum, gel, gelatin, glair,
      glop, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gum, gumbo, gunk, include,
      jam, jell, jelly, join, knot, lay together, league, leech, limpet,
      link, loblolly, lump together, marry, marshal, mass, merge,
      mobilize, molasses, mucilage, mucus, pair, pap, paste,
      piece together, plaster, porridge, prickle, pudding, pulp, puree,
      put together, putty, remora, rob, roll into one, seal, semifluid,
      semiliquid, size, solder, soup, span, splice, starch, stick,
      stick together, sticker, sticky mess, syrup, take in, tape, thorn,
      tie, treacle, unify, unite, weld, yoke