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Glued vs Slued - What's the difference?

glued | slued |

As verbs the difference between glued and slued

is that glued is (glue) while slued is (slue).

glued

English

Verb

(head)
  • (glue)

    • glue

    English

    (wikipedia glue)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
  • (obsolete) Birdlime.

    • Derived terms

    * bee glue * fish glue * glue code * glue plant * glue stick * glueball * gluey * marine glue

    Verb

  • To join or attach something using glue.
    • I need to glue the chair-leg back into place.
  • * '>citation
  • To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.
    • His eyes were glued to the screen.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
    • So as I lay on the ground with my ear glued close against the wall, who should march round the church but John Trenchard, Esquire, not treading delicately like King Agag, or spying, but just come on a voyage of discovery for himself.

    Derived terms

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    slued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (slue)

    • Anagrams

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    slue

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (mostly British ) slew

    Verb

    (slu)
  • (nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
  • To turn something sharply.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • They laughed, and slued themselves round.
  • To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
  • To slide off course; to skid.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
  • A slough; a run or wet place.

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