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adhesive
[ad-hee-siv, -ziv]
adjective
coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance.
adhesive bandages.
sticking fast; sticky; clinging.
Physics.Ģżof or relating to the molecular force that exists in the area of contact between unlike bodies and that acts to unite them.
noun
a substance that causes something to adhere, as glue or rubber cement.
Philately.Ģża postage stamp with a gummed back, as distinguished from one embossed or printed on an envelope or card.
adhesive
/ É»åĖ³ó¾±Ė²õÉŖ±¹ /
adjective
able or designed to adhere; sticky
adhesive tape
tenacious or clinging
noun
a substance used for sticking objects together, such as glue, cement, or paste
adhesive
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.
Relating to adhesion.
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- adhesively adverb
- adhesiveness noun
- nonadhesive adjective
- nonadhesively adverb
- nonadhesiveness noun
- semiadhesive adjective
- semiadhesively adverb
- semiadhesiveness noun
- unadhesive adjective
- unadhesively adverb
- unadhesiveness noun
- ²¹»åĖ³ó±š²õ¾±±¹±š±ō²ā adverb
- ²¹»åĖ³ó±š²õ¾±±¹±š²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of adhesive1
Example Sentences
They liked hearing Tim Cowlishaw talking about the Dallas Cowboys with adhesive tape still sticking to his shoes from his previous dayās walk through the Cowboys locker room.
As they examined him, applying a skin adhesive to address the problem, the television broadcast zoomed in on streaks of blood covering the backside of his pants.
The adhesive holding together her wood floors melted and warped.
In September, her bandages were replaced with adhesive dressings.
Unlike everyday glues, which tend to release more easily under increasing force, many cellular adhesive interactions behave oppositely -- the harder you pull, the stronger they hold.
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