English words for 'That moves by adhesion'
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verb
- (transitive) To fasten by adhesion.
- (intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.
- (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
- be compatible or in accordance with
- be loyal to
- stick to firmly
- follow through or carry out a plan without deviation
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a devoted follower or supporter
noun
- An adhesion, or gluing together.
- The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent.
- healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
- the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
verb
- (intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.
- (transitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results
- cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
noun
- The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.
- (psychology) An overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations.
- (advertising) A research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print advertisement.
- (marketing, interface design) The presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner.
- (economics): Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy.
- Warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day.
- the property of sticking to a surface
adj
noun
verb
noun
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position
- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- The act of fixing.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- (ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
- (orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- A sexual fetish or turn-on.
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- (cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
noun
- The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
- (linguistics) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
- The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
- the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
- the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
- a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
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noun
verb
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
noun
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
adj
noun
- Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
- Nonsense or lies.
- (slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
- (slang) Vomit.
- A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
- Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
verb
- (intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
- (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
- (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
- (transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
- (intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
- (intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
- (intransitive) To ejaculate.
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
noun
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
noun
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- A device that couples two things together.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
verb
noun
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
- support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
- an oppressive power
- two items of the same kind
- fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
- A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
- Misspelling of yolk.
- Something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
- (glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
- (chiefly US) A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
- (Ireland, informal) A chap, a fellow.
- (Ireland, informal) A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
- (nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
- (electronics) The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- (chiefly historical) A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
- (Ancient Rome) Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
- A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
- (Ireland, Scotland) A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
- (Ireland, slang) A pill of a psychoactive drug.
- (bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
- (video games) A similar device used as a game controller.
- A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
- (aviation) Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
- (chiefly England, especially Kent; also Scotland; historical) An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
- A bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
- (electrical engineering) Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
- (agriculture) A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- (clothing) The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
- Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
verb
- put a yoke on or join with a yoke
- link with or as with a yoke
- become joined or linked together
- (agriculture) To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
- To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
- To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
- To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
- To bring into or keep (someone) in bondage or a state of submission; to enslave or subject to confine, to restrain; to oppress, to subjugate.
- To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
- To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
adj
- covered with an adhesive material
- having the sticky properties of an adhesive
- Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
- hot or warm and humid
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
- (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
- (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick.
- Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
- Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
- Difficult, awkward.
- (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
- (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
- Mawkish, sentimental.
- (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
- (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
noun
- A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
- (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
- (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
- (slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
- (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
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adj
noun
- an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures
- a growing together of parts or structures
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
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adj
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- small meat pie or turnover
- (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
- (chiefly in the plural) Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).
- A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
noun
- something that hardens to act as adhesive material
- a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
- concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
- any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
- (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
- (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
- (figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
- (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
verb
noun
- The act of attaching something with glue.
- (mathematics) Any of various processes for producing some structure (e.g. a sheaf or scheme) by combining smaller structures that are in some way compatible with each other.
- (topology) A connection between the edges of two planes, or between the points at the ends of two lines.
verb
noun
- Initialism of pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- (medicine, immunology) Initialism of prostate-specific antigen.
- Initialism of polysialic acid.
- Initialism of public safety announcement.
- Initialism of pressure swing adsorption.
- (finance) Initialism of purchase and sale agreement.
- Initialism of public service announcement.
- a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
name
noun
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
- persistent determination
noun
- the act of fastening things together
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
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verb
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- (figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.
- (botany) A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.
- A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
noun
- The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
- The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
- (anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).
- (US, slang) The penis.
- A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (originally an idiolectic sense) A thing.
- (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
- (slang, with the definite article) Prison, jail, or lockup.
- The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
- The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
- a disreputable place of entertainment
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
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verb
- (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
- (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
- (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
- fit as if by joints
- provide with a joint
- separate (meat) at the joint
- fasten with a joint
noun
- An adhesion, or gluing together.
- The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent.
- healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
- the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
noun
- The property of sticking or adhering; adhesion.
- (psychology) An overemotional attachment to others; clinging in interpersonal relations; difficulty with ending conversations.
- (advertising) A research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print advertisement.
- (marketing, interface design) The presence of unique attributes that make a product indisposable and valuable to its owner.
- (economics): Of prices or wages: the tendency to stay the same despite changes in the economy.
- Warmth and humidity, as on a muggy day.
- the property of sticking to a surface
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verb
noun
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position
- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
- (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
- A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
- (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
- In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
- The act of fixing.
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
- (ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
- (orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
- A sexual fetish or turn-on.
- The state of being fixed or fixated.
- (cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
noun
- The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
- (linguistics) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative.
- The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody.
- the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
- the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
- a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins)
noun
- Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
- Nonsense or lies.
- (slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
- (slang) Vomit.
- A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
- Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
verb
- (intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
- (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
- (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,
- (transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
- (intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
- (intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
- (intransitive) To ejaculate.
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
noun
- something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface
- something used to tie or bind
- a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
- holds loose papers or magazines
- (chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- (UK, slang) One who whines or complains.
- (molecular biology) A protein binder.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- (law) A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- (chiefly Minnesota) A rubber band.
- (agriculture) A machine used in harvesting which cuts the stalks of a crop and then ties them into a bundle or sheaf.
- (LGBTQ) Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- Someone who binds.
- A dossier.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- (computing) A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- (programming) A software mechanism that performs binding.
noun
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- A device that couples two things together.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
verb
noun
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke
- support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end
- an oppressive power
- two items of the same kind
- fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
- stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
- A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
- Misspelling of yolk.
- Something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
- (glassblowing) A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
- (chiefly US) A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
- (Ireland, informal) A chap, a fellow.
- (Ireland, informal) A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
- (nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
- (electronics) The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
- (chiefly historical) A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
- (Ancient Rome) Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
- A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
- (Ireland, Scotland) A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
- (Ireland, slang) A pill of a psychoactive drug.
- (bodybuilding) Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
- (video games) A similar device used as a game controller.
- A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
- (aviation) Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
- (chiefly England, especially Kent; also Scotland; historical) An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
- A bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
- (electrical engineering) Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
- (agriculture) A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- (clothing) The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
- Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
verb
- put a yoke on or join with a yoke
- link with or as with a yoke
- become joined or linked together
- (agriculture) To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
- To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
- To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
- To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
- To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
- To bring into or keep (someone) in bondage or a state of submission; to enslave or subject to confine, to restrain; to oppress, to subjugate.
- To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
- To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
noun
adj
noun
- an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures
- a growing together of parts or structures
- (medicine) A line, discernable on an X-ray, showing such fusion.
- (anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with the pubic bones or lower jawbones in humans.
- (anatomy) The cartilaginous material that adjoins and facilitates the junction of such bones, without a synovial membrane.
noun
- something that hardens to act as adhesive material
- a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
- concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
- a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
- any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
- (uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
- (uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
- (anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
- (figurative) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
- (countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
verb
noun
- The act of attaching something with glue.
- (mathematics) Any of various processes for producing some structure (e.g. a sheaf or scheme) by combining smaller structures that are in some way compatible with each other.
- (topology) A connection between the edges of two planes, or between the points at the ends of two lines.
verb
noun
- Initialism of pressure-sensitive adhesive.
- (medicine, immunology) Initialism of prostate-specific antigen.
- Initialism of polysialic acid.
- Initialism of public safety announcement.
- Initialism of pressure swing adsorption.
- (finance) Initialism of purchase and sale agreement.
- Initialism of public service announcement.
- a protein manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; PSA is produced for the ejaculate where it liquifies the semen and allows sperm cells to swim freely; elevated levels of PSA in blood serum are associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer
name
noun
- The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
- The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
- (physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
- The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
- persistent determination
noun
- the act of fastening things together
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
noun
noun
- The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
- The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
- (anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- (chiefly US slang, may be somewhat derogatory) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries; sometimes extended to any place that is a focus of human connection or activity (e.g., schools, hangouts, party spots).
- (US, slang) The penis.
- A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- (originally an idiolectic sense) A thing.
- (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
- (slang, with the definite article) Prison, jail, or lockup.
- The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
- The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
- a disreputable place of entertainment
- the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
- junction by which parts or objects are joined together
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
- (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
adj
verb
- (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
- (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
- (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
- fit as if by joints
- provide with a joint
- separate (meat) at the joint
- fasten with a joint
verb
- (transitive) To fasten by adhesion.
- (intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.
- (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
- be compatible or in accordance with
- be loyal to
- stick to firmly
- follow through or carry out a plan without deviation
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a devoted follower or supporter
verb
- (intransitive) To stick together physically, by adhesion.
- (transitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose.
- have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results
- cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
verb
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- be loyal to
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- stick to firmly
- be in a certain place and not leave
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- put, fix, force, or implant
- endure
- be or become fixed
- (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- (intransitive) To persist.
- (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- (transitive, now only in dialects) To stab.
- (transitive, gymnastics, aviation, sports) To perform (a landing or a shot) perfectly.
- (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- To hit with a stick.
- (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such mouldings are said to be stuck.
- (intransitive, blackjack, chiefly UK) To stand pat: to cease taking any more cards and finalize one's hand.
- (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- (intransitive, US, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- (transitive) To furnish or set with sticks.
- (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
noun
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- threat of a penalty
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- informal terms for the leg
- A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.
- (slang) Vigorous driving of a car; gas.
- (US) A timber board, especially a two by four (inches).
- (military) The structure to which a set of bombs in a bomber aircraft are attached and which drops the bombs when it is released. The bombs themselves and, by extension, any load of similar items dropped in quick succession such as paratroopers or containers.
- (slang) A bar (counter where drinks are served).
- (nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.
- (golf) The pole bearing a small flag that marks the hole.
- (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- (boardsports) A board as used in board sports, such as a surfboard, snowboard, or skateboard.
- (horse racing) The short whip carried by a jockey.
- (figurative) A negative stimulus or a punishment. (This sense derives from the metaphor of using a stick, a long piece of wood, to poke or beat a beast of burden to compel it to move forward.)
- (uncountable) That which sticks (remains attached to another surface).
- (US, colloquial, uncountable) Vehicles, collectively, equipped with manual transmissions.
- (baseball) General hitting ability.
- (carpentry) The vertical member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- A standard rectangular strip of chewing gum.
- (sports, generically) A long thin implement used to control a ball or puck in sports like hockey, polo, and lacrosse.
- A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- (field hockey or ice hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.
- Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- (golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
- (aviation, uncountable) Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
- A cudgel or truncheon (usually of wood, metal or plastic), especially one carried by police or guards.
- (slang) A cigarette (usually a tobacco cigarette, less often a marijuana cigarette).
- (video games) A joystick.
- (US, slang, uncountable) The cue used in billiards, pool, snooker, etc.
- (computing) A memory stick.
- (US, colloquial) A manual transmission, a vehicle equipped with a manual transmission, so called because of the stick-like, i.e. twig-like, control (the gear shift) with which the driver of such a vehicle controls its transmission.
- (uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.
- A cane or walking stick (usually wooden, metal or plastic) to aid in walking.
- (slang) A handgun.
- (computing) Any of the eight 16-character groups making up the 128 characters of the 7-bit ASCII character set.
- (countable) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- (slang) Vigor; spirit; effort, energy, intensity.
- The game of pool, or an individual pool game.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A small rectangular block, with a length several times its width, which contains by volume one half of a cup of shortening (butter, margarine or lard).
- (baseball) The potential hitting power of a specific bat.
- (figuratively) A piece (of furniture, especially if wooden).
- (jazz, slang) The clarinet.
- (slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment, beatings
- (British, figurative) Criticism or ridicule, often in the expressions "get a lot of stick", "get some stick", "come in for some stick", etc.
- (aviation) The control column of an aircraft; a joystick. (By convention, a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.)
- (US military slang, World War I) An aircraft’s propeller.
- A bunch of something wrapped around or attached to a stick.
- (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
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verb
noun
- (figurative) Anything that binds two things or people together.
- (botany) A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants.
- A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
- cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
adj
adj
noun
adj
- covered with an adhesive material
- having the sticky properties of an adhesive
- Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.
- hot or warm and humid
- hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
- moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body
- (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.
- (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a stick.
- Of weather: hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
- Of a death: unpleasant, grisly.
- Difficult, awkward.
- (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
- (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.
- Mawkish, sentimental.
- (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.
- (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
noun
- A sticky note, such as a post-it note.
- (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.
- (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
- (slang) Sticky-icky; marijuana, especially the sticky, resin-covered buds.
- (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
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adj
noun
adj
noun
- small meat pie or turnover
- (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
- (chiefly in the plural) Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).
- A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.