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Found 1 definition: adhesive.

Pos: Adjective, Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun adhesive has 1 senses

adhesive(n = noun.substance) adhesive agent, adhesive material - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together;
is a kind of material, stuff
has particulars: birdlime, lime, spirit gum, binder, cement, library paste, paste, rubber cement
Derived form adjective adhesive₁

Adjective adhesive has 1 senses

adhesive(a = adj.all) - tending to adhere;
Antonym: nonadhesive
Derived forms verb adhere₆, noun adhesive₁, noun adhesiveness₁

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

adhesive, a. [Cf. F. adhésif.].

1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. [1913 Webster]

2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson. [1913 Webster]

Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction. -- Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. -- Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

adhesive, adj. & n.
--adj. sticky, enabling surfaces or substances to adhere to one another.
--n. an adhesive substance, esp. one used to stick other substances together.

Derivative:
adhesively adv. adhesiveness n.

Etymology:
F adh{eacute}sif -ive (as ADHERE)

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Coherence

N coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, concretion accretion, conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration, aggregation, consolidation, set, cementation, sticking, soldering, connection, dependence, tenacity, toughness, stickiness, inseparability, inseparableness, bur, remora, conglomerate, concrete, cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering, tenacious, tough, sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible, compact.