unglue

/ənɡlˈu/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

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verb

to separate that which was held by glue

verb

"we had to use warm water and solvent to unglue all the joints we put in yesterday."
"parents are looking for new ways to unglue their children from their screens"

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English glue English unglue From un- + glue.

unglues (present, singular) ungluing (participle, present) unglueing (participle, present) unglued (participle, past) unglued (past)

deglutinate

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce unglue?

The recorded pronunciation is /ənɡlˈu/.

What does unglue mean?

to separate that which was held by glue

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