Past tense of glue
regular verb
The past tense of glue is glued. The past participle is also glued.
Forms of glue
| Base form (V1) | glue /ɡluː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | glued /ɡluːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | glued /ɡluːd/ |
| Present participle | gluing |
| Third person singular | glues /ɡluːz/ |
Glued in a sentence
- The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25...
- His eyes were glued to the screen.
- His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.From the entry hodgepodge
- They were glued to the TV, as the referee called out a fifteen yard penalty for interference.From the entry interference
- I can't believe how many people still fall for the coin glued to the sidewalk.From the entry fall for
Meaning of glue
- noun A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- noun Anything that binds two things or people together.
- noun A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.
Questions about the past tense of glue
- What is the past tense of glue?
- The past tense of glue is glued.
- What is the past participle of glue?
- The past participle of glue is glued.
- Is glue a regular or irregular verb?
- Glue is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glue (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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