glueing

Sticking things together

Glueing is a less common spelling of gluing—the present participle of glue.

To glue is to attach with adhesive: She was glueing the broken handle back on.

Figuratively, to be glued to something is to watch it with fixed attention: He spent the evening glueing himself to the television.

bonding

adhesive

Material that bonds objects

attaching · affixing · securing · fusing · binding · fixing · laminating · mounting · patching · mending

Opposites
method of attachment

glueingnailing

Securing with driven fasteners

screwing · bolting · riveting · stapling · taping

joining vs. separating

glueingungluing

Releasing bonded surfaces

unsticking · detaching · separating · pulling apart · dissolving

Family

glue, bonding, glued, glues, gluey, gluing, sealing, cementing, unglued

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G