To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.
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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.
To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
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That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…
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That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…
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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
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To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
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A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…
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To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
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Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.
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A spot; a blemish; a mole.
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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
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Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
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Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
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Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
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Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…
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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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