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单词 adhering
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adhere

verb

ad·​here ad-ˈhir How to pronounce adhere (audio)
əd-
adhered; adhering

intransitive verb

1
: to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
The stamp failed to adhere to the envelope.
2
: to give support or maintain loyalty
adhere to traditional values
3
: to bind oneself to observance
adhere to the rules
4
obsolete : accord sense intransitive 1

transitive verb

: to cause to stick fast
The paper had been adhered to the wall.

Synonyms

  • cleave
  • cling
  • hew
  • stick
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

The stamp failed to adhere. everyone started calling her “Cookie” when she was little and the name adhered
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French adhérer, going back to Old French ahérer, borrowed from Latin adhaerēre "to cling, stick (to), attach oneself, keep close (to a person)," from ad- ad- + haerēre "to be closely attached, stick" — more at hesitate

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2

Kids Definition

adhere

verb

ad·​here ad-ˈhir How to pronounce adhere (audio)
adhered; adhering
1
: to stick tight : cling
The stamps adhered to the envelope.
2
: to act in the way that is required by
adhere to the rules

Medical Definition

adhere

verb

ad·​here ad-ˈhi(ə)r, əd- How to pronounce adhere (audio)
adhered; adhering

intransitive verb

1
: to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
a gauze bandage adhering to the wound
2
: to become joined (as in pathological adhesion)
the lung sometimes adheres to the pleura

transitive verb

: to cause to stick fast

adhering

verb

present participle of adhere
as in sticking
to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion everyone started calling her "Cookie" when she was little and the name adhered

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • sticking
  • clinging
  • gluing
  • cleaving
  • glueing
  • hewing
  • binding
  • cohering
  • fusing
  • uniting
  • fastening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • loosening
  • falling
  • dropping
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