I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have/keep etc your eyes glued to sth (= be watching something with all your attention )
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Ted sat with his eyes glued to the television.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ear
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Adenoidectomy will considerably reduce the overall duration of glue ear .
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Finally, parents of children with glue ear should be advised to stop smoking.
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Discussion Our previous work and that of others has shown the spontaneous resolution of glue ear in the short term.
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Our study shows the long term spontaneous resolution of severe glue ear in children.
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They base their recommendations on an analysis of 19 randomised controlled trials that examined the effectiveness of surgical interventions for glue ear .
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I recommend that anyone interested in glue ear should read it, but carefully.
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Successful treatment of glue ear by attention to underlying allergic disease has been previously reported.
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The combined adenoidectomy and ventilation tube groups had the shortest duration of glue ear .
■ VERB
hold
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Bone, plastic, wood or pearl-handled cutlery Exposure to very hot water can soften the glue holding the handle in place.
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You know how birds use saliva as a glue to hold together their nests?
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The cultural-ideological practices are the nuts and bolts and the glue that hold the system together.
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Oppenheimer was the glue that held Los Alamos together.
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Some argue that downsizing is dissolving the glue that has traditionally held companies together, and without which they may never flourish.
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The glue that holds public bureaucracies together, in other words, is like epoxy: it comes in two separate tubes.
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The internet, he argues, is dissolving the economic glue that holds traditional companies together.
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They were less intelligent, but more sympathetic, providing the glue that held the family together.
keep
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A glue gun that would keep their butts in their chairs and their noses in their books.
secure
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Wrap the ribbon around the edge of the cake drum, securing with glue or a little royal icing.
sniff
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And he said he sniffed the glue sometimes.
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Many are killing themselves by sniffing glue .
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She sniffed glue and abused drugs and alcohol.
stick
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The best strategy is to have small males who stick like glue on the rare occasions when one makes the grade.
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Nothing delights him more than to be stuck there like glue ..
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She stuck to him like glue .
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He sticks like glue , and thinks he is masking his intentions.
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I would have liked to stick the tree together with glue , to lift those orange berries from the dust.
use
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I then prepare the paper myself using rabbit skin glue and whiting.
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You know how birds use saliva as a glue to hold together their nests?
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However, egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue .
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This circle is glued to a metal faceplate using a hot melt glue.
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Once you're happy with the effect you've created, secure the items using a glue gun and replace the glass.
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Or, use sticky yellow Dethlac glue traps.
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Whether you are using glue or egg white, the adhesive is always applied in the same manner.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Wait for the glue to dry before you sit on it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apply it to one of the surfaces then clamp together until the glue sets.
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How did the glue change the mixture? 55.
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However, egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue .
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It acts like glue in your stomach.
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Once the glue is dry you should place the photograph in the correct position, securing it with masking tape.
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Oppenheimer was the glue that held Los Alamos together.
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She served four months and gave up the glue .
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Then he dribbled an even stream of glue over the paper and pressed it lightly on the card.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
together
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Any two solids can therefore be glued together if we can find a liquid which will wet them both and then harden.
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If all his mature compositions were laid end to end and glued together , they might well form one big work.
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Two pieces of leather, glued together on three sides, and monogrammed with the aid of a stencil.
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The body is aluminium and carbon fibre, and the chassis is glued together for extra fly-away lightness.
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And yet the final dish failed somehow to satisfy, to glue together like isinglass in a jelly.
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These laminated woods were simply ordinary timber cut up and glued together again.
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It is made by gluing together three or more veneers, or thin sheets of wood, with the grain directions crossed.
■ NOUN
place
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Once happy with the effect, glue the items in place .
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From the map, cut out a section to fit inside the frame and glue it in place .
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It was glued in places by dried blood, and he flinched as she peeled it away.
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Mould these pieces and glue them in place .
■ VERB
keep
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All the while keeping an Embo Regal glued to their bottom lip.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I tried to glue the handle back onto the cup.
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You make the model by cutting out these shapes and gluing them together.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any two solids can therefore be glued together if we can find a liquid which will wet them both and then harden.
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He regilded picture frames, glued back together broken cups and plates.
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I have used it to glue ceramic tile to a painted wall.
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One man glued a pressure-treated board to a concrete foundation in his basement.
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Suddenly as the passion between them rose to reach its highest sensation, Bethany arched herself to glue them tighter together.
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The body is aluminium and carbon fibre, and the chassis is glued together for extra fly-away lightness.
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There is sheet linoleum of some kind already there, glued to the plywood, 20 years old.
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We simply glued the broken ear back in place and she carried on to a successful conclusion.