cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
(verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; “The dress clings to her body”; “The label stuck to the box”; “The sushi rice grains cohere”
cohere
(verb) have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; “the principles by which societies cohere”
cohere
(verb) cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; “Religion can cohere social groups”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cohere (third-person singular simple present coheres, present participle cohering, simple past and past participle cohered)
(intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.
(intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
• cheero, choree, echoer, re-echo, reecho
Source: Wiktionary
Co*here", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering.] Etym: [L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a.]
1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke.
2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent. They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. Burke.
3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.] Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. Shak.
Syn.
– To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
