- 1. a. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. Source: opted
- 2. a. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Source: opted
- 3. adj. tending to adhere Source: wordnet
- 4. n. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together Source: wordnet
- 5. 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
- 6. j:46/n:54 a. tending to adhere Source: ecdict
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