adhesive

ad·he·sive  (d-hsv, -zv)

adj.

1. Tending to adhere; sticky.

2. Gummed so as to adhere.

3. 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.

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ad·hesive·ly adv.

ad·hesive·ness n.

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adhesive

Noun

a substance used for sticking things together

Adjective

able or designed to stick to things

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adhesive  (d-hsv)

Noun

A substance, such as paste or cement, that causes two surfaces to stick together. Adhesives are made of gelatin or other substances, such as epoxy, resin, or polyethylene.

Adjective

Relating to adhesion.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adhesive - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together adhesive agent, adhesive material material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" birdlime, lime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds spirit gum - an adhesive solution made of gum and ether and used to attach false hair to skin binder - something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface cement - something that hardens to act as adhesive material library paste, paste - an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard rubber cement - an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha epoxy, epoxy glue, epoxy resin - a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates
Adj.	1.	adhesive - tending to adhere nonadhesive - not tending to adhere

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adhesive

noun 1. glue, cement, gum, paste, mucilage

adjective 2. sticky, holding, sticking, attaching, clinging, adhering, tacky, cohesive, tenacious, glutinous, gummy, gluey, mucilaginous

Translations

adhesive [ədˈhiːzɪv] adj, n → adhesivo

adhesive [ədˈhiːzɪv] adj → adhésif/ive

n → adhésif m

adhesive [ədˈhiːzɪv] adj → klebend, Klebe-

n → Klebstoff m

adhesive [ədˈhiːzɪv] adj → adesivo/a

n → adesivo;

adhesive tape (BRIT) (for parcels etc) → nastro adesivo;

(US) (MED) → cerotto adesivo