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to reglue

to reglue

3.3
Stick something back together using a sticky material
  • verb
  • /rɪˈɡluː/
translation icon : repegar
  • So also it's missing the regluing unit, so there will be something like a frame you put above so we can re paste, reclue the IHS.

Examples

  • The person he watches is Ebony when she stoops in the middle of the playground to help Mattie reglue her milk carton castle.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I carefully reglued the broken vase so that it looked as good as new.

  • After the storm, we had to reglue the tiles that fell off the roof.

  • To reglue the picture frame, first clean off any old adhesive with a scraper.

Synonyms

to glue
vsto reglue
50 1.8

To make someone stay in one place or keep their attention on something

highlights the same firm fixing but as a repeated sticking action
to reattach
vsto reglue
22 3.7

Fasten something again after it comes loose

is similar but implies joining again using adhesive
to affix
vsto reglue
18 5.0

To attach something to another thing by sticking or fastening it

is the repeated version that uses adhesive to fasten items again
to refasten
vsto reglue
1 3.6

To attach something again so it stays in place

means the same repeat securing but done with adhesive
to repaste
vsto reglue
9.0

Stick a poster or label back onto a surface with glue when it falls off

is the repeated sticking action done with adhesive
to reaffix
vsto reglue
7.2

Attach something again after it comes loose or is removed

focuses on doing that same reattachment by using adhesive

Antonyms

to detach
16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

to unstick
1 3.9

To come away from something it was stuck to

How Secure

cement
140 2.0
to reglue
3.3
to stick
769 1.0
to tape
169 1.3

Surface Forms

reglue infinitive
reglued past
reglued past participle
regluing present participle
reglues third person singular

Morphology

reglue = glue (transparent) = re + glue

This is a standard and fully compositional use of re- meaning 'again' added to the verb 'glue'.

Etymology

Reglue starts with re- meaning 'again' and ends with glue, the sticky stuff you use to join things. So to reglue something is to 'glue' it 'again' when it comes loose.