adhesive

== English == === Alternative forms === adhæsive (obsolete) === Etymology === From French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from adhaereō (supine adhaesum); see adhere. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈhiː.sɪv/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ədˈhi.sɪv/, /ædˈhi.sɪv/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ədˈhiː.sɪv/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ədˈhiː.səv/ === Adjective === adhesive (comparative more adhesive, superlative most adhesive) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. adhesive material adhesive tape Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. ==== Synonyms ==== (sticky): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === adhesive (countable and uncountable, plural adhesives) a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “adhesive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adhesive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.