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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.
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.
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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Noun | 1. | adhesive - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together 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" 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
adjective
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adhesive
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Translations
دَبِق، لَصُوق، لَزِجمَادَّة لَاصِقَه
lepidlolepivýpřilnavý
klæbemiddelklæbendeklisterklister-lim
ragasztó
límlím-
priľnavý
yapışkanyapıştırıcı madde
adhesive
[ədˈhiːzɪv]A. ADJ → adhesivo
C. CPD adhesive plaster N → esparadrapo m
adhesive tape N (= stationery) → cinta f adhesiva, Scotch ® m, celo m (Med) → esparadrapo m
adhesive tape N (= stationery) → cinta f adhesiva, Scotch ® m, celo m (Med) → esparadrapo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
a bit of adhesive tape → un morceau de ruban adhésif
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
adhesive
[ədˈhiːzɪv]1. adj → adesivo/a
adhesive tape (Brit, YYY) (for parcels) → nastro adesivo (Am) (Med) → cerotto adesivo
adhesive tape (Brit, YYY) (for parcels) → nastro adesivo (Am) (Med) → cerotto adesivo
2. n → adesivo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
adhesion
(ədˈhiːʒən) noun the act or quality of adhering (to).
adˈhesive (-siv) adjective able to adhere; sticky. adhesive tape.
noun a substance which makes things stick. The tiles would not stick as he was using the wrong adhesive.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ad·he·sive
n. adhesivo, tela adhesiva;
___ strips → esparadrapo;
a.
___ intestinal obstruction → obstrucción intestinal adhesiva.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
adhesive
adj & n adhesivoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.