Word Meanings - ADHERE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. 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. 2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity

Additional info about word: ADHERE

1. 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. 2. To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church. 3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. "Nor time nor place did then adhere." Every thing adheres together." Shak. Syn. -- To attach; stick; cleave; cling; hold

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADHERE)

• Cleave
• Sunder
• split
• divide
• adhere
• rend
• di?sever
• stick
• Cling
• Fasten
• hold
• embrace
• cleave
• hang
• twine
• hug
• Cohere
• Stick
• conform
• unite
• coalesce

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