adhesive

ad·he·sive

 (ăd-hē′sĭv, -zĭv)

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·he′sive·ly adv.

ad·he′sive·ness n.

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adhesive

(ədˈhiːsɪv)

adj

1. able or designed to adhere; sticky: adhesive tape.

2. tenacious or clinging

n

a substance used for sticking objects together, such as glue, cement, or paste

adˈhesively adv

adˈhesiveness n

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ad•he•sive

(ædˈhi sɪv, -zɪv)

adj.

1. coated with glue, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.

2. tending to adhere; sticking fast; clinging.

n.

3. a substance that causes something to adhere, as glue.

4. adhesive tape.

5. a postage or revenue stamp with a gummed back.

[1660–70]

ad•he′sive•ly, adv.

ad•he′sive•ness, n.

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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 Glue the mirror in with a strong adhesive.

adjective

1. sticky, holding, sticking, attaching, clinging, adhering, tacky, cohesive, tenacious, glutinous, gummy, gluey, mucilaginous adhesive tape

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adhesive

adjective

Having the property of adhering:

gluey, gooey, gummy, sticky, tacky.

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Translations

دَبِق، لَصُوق، لَزِجمَادَّة لَاصِقَه

lepidlolepivýpřilnavý

klæbemiddelklæbendeklisterklister-lim

adhäsivKlebstoff

adhésifagglutinantcolle

ragasztó

límlím-

adesivocollacollanteglutineglutinoso

klebemiddelklebriglimlim-

адгезивный

priľnavý

yapışkanyapıştırıcı madde

有粘性的粘着剂能粘着的

adhesive

[ədˈhiːzɪv]

A. ADJ → adhesivo

B. N → adhesivo m, pegamento m

C. CPD adhesive plaster N → esparadrapo m
adhesive tape N (= stationery) → cinta f adhesiva, Scotch ® m, celo m (Med) → esparadrapo m

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adhesive

[ədˈhiːsɪv]

adj → adhésif/ive

n (= glue) → adhésif madhesive tape n → ruban m adhésif, scotch® m
a bit of adhesive tape → un morceau de ruban adhésif

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adhesive

n → Klebstoff m

adj → haftend; (more firmly) → klebend; to be highly/not very adhesive → sehr/nicht gut haften/kleben; adhesive label → Haftetikett nt; adhesive plaster → Heftpflaster nt; adhesive strength/powers → Adhäsionskraft f; (of glue) → Klebekraft f

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adhesive

[ədˈhiːzɪv]

1. adj → adesivo/a
adhesive tape (Brit, YYY) (for parcels) → nastro adesivo (Am) (Med) → cerotto adesivo

2. n → adesivo

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adhesion

(ədˈhiːʒən) noun

the act or quality of adhering (to). aanplakking إلْتِصَاق прилепване adesão lpění, oddanost das Haften fastklæbning προσκόλλησηadherencia, adhesión kleepumine, külgejäämine چسبندگی؛ وفاداری tarttuvuus adhérence, adhésion הִדַבּקוּת , הִידַבּקוּת चिपकाव prianjanje ragaszkodás adesi, pelekatan viðloðun; hollusta adesione 粘着 점착성 prilipimas pielipšana pelekatan adhesiefastklebingprzyleganie وفاداری adesão aderenţă, adeziune прилипание priľnavosť adhezija lepljenje vidhäftning[sförmåga], fasthållande การติดแน่น yapışma 黏著力 прилипання, злипання چپکنا ، پیروی، پابندی sự dính 粘着力

adˈhesive (-siv) adjective

able to adhere; sticky. adhesive tape. plakbaar دَبِق، لَصُوق، لَزِج лепкав adesivo přilnavý, lepivý Klebe... klæbende; klister- κολλητικός, αυτοκόλλητοςadherente, adhesivo kleep- چسبناک tarttuva adhésifדביק चिपचिपा ljepljiv ragasztó perekat lím- adesivo 粘着性の 점착성 있는 lipnus lipīgs; pielīpošs pita pelekat klevendklebrig, lim-lepki, lepiący سريښناك adesivo adeziv липкий priľnavý, lepiaci lepljiv lepljiv som fastnar, självhäftande ซึ่งติดแน่น yapışkan 能黏著的，有黏性的 липкий, клейкий چپکنے والا ، جُڑنے والا dính 能粘着的，有粘性的

noun

a substance which makes things stick. The tiles would not stick as he was using the wrong adhesive. gom مَادَّة لَاصِقَه лепило adesivo lepidlo der Klebstoff lim; klæbemiddel; klister κόλλαadhesivo liim چسب liima-aine adhésifדבק चिपकाने वाला पदार्थ ljepilo ragasztó zat perekat lím(efni) adesivo 粘着性のもの 접착제 klijai līmviela bahan pelekat kleefstoflim, klebestoff klej سريښ adesivo adeziv клей lepidlo lepilo lepak klister, lim สิ่งที่ทำให้ของติดกัน yapıştırıcı madde 粘黏劑 клей لیس دار ، چیپ دار chất dính 粘着剂

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ad·he·sive

n. adhesivo, tela adhesiva;

___ strips → esparadrapo;

a.

___ intestinal obstruction → obstrucción intestinal adhesiva.

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adhesive

adj & n adhesivo

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