Adhesive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending to adhere; sticky.
  • adj. Gummed so as to adhere.
  • adj. Tending to persist; difficult if not impossible to shake off: "He feels an adhesive dread, a sudden acquaintance with the . . . darker side of mankind” ( George F. Will).
  • n. A substance, such as paste or cement, that provides or promotes adhesion.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
  • adj. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
  • n. A substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
  • adj. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
  • Figuratively, cleaving or clinging; adhering; remaining attached; not deviating from.
  • Gummed; fitted for adhesion: as, adhesive envelops.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
  • adj. tending to adhere
    • Equivalent
    pasty    gummed    self-sealing    agglutinate    mucilaginous    gluey    stick-on    icky    agglutinative    bondable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sticky    clinging    stick   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cohesive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    viscous    sticky    lubricant    glue    conductive    elastic    porous    solvent    silicone    plastic   
     
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