ADHESIVE

adhesive

(adjective) tending to adhere

Source: WordNet® 3.1

adhesive (comparative more adhesive, superlative most adhesive)

sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances

apt or tending to adhere; clinging

• (sticky): claggy, tenacious; see also adhesive

adhesive (plural adhesives)

a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion

Source: Wiktionary

Ad*he"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. adhésif.]

1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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27 June 2025

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”

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