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Definitions for Gluelike

[1] 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.
[2] any of various solutions or preparations of this substance, used as an adhesive.
[3] any of various other solutions or preparations that can be used as adhesives.
[4] to join or fasten with glue.
[5] to cover or smear (something) with glue (sometimes followed by up ).
[6] to fix or attach firmly with or as if with glue; make adhere closely: to glue a model ship together.
[7] any natural or synthetic adhesive, esp a sticky gelatinous substance prepared by boiling animal products such as bones, skin, and horns
[8] any other sticky or adhesive substance
[9] (tr) to join or stick together with or as if with glue

Words related to Gluelike

glueplaster, paste, cement, spit, gum, mucilage, gunk, stickum

Words nearby Gluelike

glueglucosyltransferase, glucuronate, glucuronic acid, glucuronidase, glucuronide, glue, glue ear, glue sniffing, glue-sniffing, glueball, gluepot

Origin of Gluelike

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

Other words from Gluelike

glue·like , adjective
glu·er , noun
re·glue , verb (used with object), re·glued, re·glu·ing.

Word origin for Gluelike

C14: from Old French glu, from Late Latin glūs; compare Greek gloios

Synonyms for Gluelike

adhesive, doughy, gelatinous, gluey, glutinous, gooey, mucilaginous, starchy