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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•he•sive /ædˈhisɪv, -zɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - coated with a sticky substance:adhesive bandages.
- tending to stick fast;
clinging. n. [uncountable] - a substance that causes something to adhere, as glue.
- adhesive tape.
See -hes-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•he•sive (ad hē′siv, -ziv),USA pronunciation adj. - coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance:adhesive bandages.
- sticking fast;
sticky; clinging. - Physicsof or pertaining to the molecular force that exists in the area of contact between unlike bodies and that acts to unite them.
n. - a substance that causes something to adhere, as glue or rubber cement.
- See adhesive tape.
- Stamps[Philately.]a postage stamp with a gummed back, as distinguished from one embossed or printed on an envelope or card.
- adhes(ion) + -ive 1660–70
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