cohesive
AdjectiveUS[koh-hee-siv]/koʊˈhisɪv/3 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- causing cohesion“a cohesive agent”Opposite nonadhesiveSimilar adhesive
- cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated“a cohesive organization”Opposite dividedSimilar united
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Co·he′sive adjective
1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction.
— Co·he′wb-a1′>′sive·ly, adverb — Co·he′wb-a1′>′sive·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54