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    [Adjective]  | "ad*he*sive" | \ ad-ˈhē-siv \


    1: tending to remain in association or memory

    2: tending to adhere or cause adherence

    3: prepared for adhering


    Origin: 1661 ;

     Borrowed from Medieval Latin adhaesīvus, from Latin adhaesus (past participle of adhaerēre "to {see: |adhere|adhere}") + -īvus {see: |-ive|-ive};

    [Adjective]  | "self-ad*he*sive" | \ ˌself-əd-ˈhē-siv \


    1: having a side coated with an adhesive that sticks without wetting


    Origin: 1958 ;

    [Noun]  | "adhesive" 


    1: an adhesive substance (such as glue or cement)

    2: a postage stamp with a gummed back


    Origin: 1849 ;

     Derivative of {see: |adhesive:1|adhesive:1};

    [Noun]  | "adhesive binding" 


    1: perfect binding


    Origin: 1955 ;

    [Noun]  | "adhesive tape" 


    1: tape coated on one side with an adhesive mixture; especially : one used for covering wounds


    Origin: 1887 ;

    [Adjective]  | "adhesive" 


    1: tending to adhere to objects upon contact;


      * e.g., " ... walked barefoot through adhesive, clayey mud "





    [Noun]  | "adhesive" 


    1: a substance used to stick things together;


      * e.g., " ... prefers postage stamps coated with adhesive so that she doesn't have to do any licking "



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     [ "adhesive" ]

    1: adj.

      * e.g.,  ... Gaby used an adhesive glue to shut Nat lips together so he'd shut the fuck up about the 'wet birds don't fly at night' theory in his own science physics experiments.  


     [ "adhesive" ]

    2: Tending to adhere; sticky.

      * e.g.,  ... Adhesitology and Animal psycology have strong metaphorical links in this theory. 


     [ "adhesive" ]

    3: Gummed so as to adhere.


     [ "adhesive" ]

    4: Tending to persist; difficult if not impossible to shake off: “He feels an adhesive dread, a sudden acquaintance with the . . . darker side of mankind” (George F. Will).


     [ "adhesive" ]

    5: n.


     [ "adhesive" ]

    6: A substance, such as paste or cement, that provides or promotes adhesion.

     [ "Adhese" ]

    1: A totally real word that means 'to stick' or to 'to adhere'.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Adhese isn't a real word. 

     [ "adhesives" ]

    1: One bad motherf-

      * e.g.,  ... *adhesives smirks. 


     [ "adhesives" ]

    2: SHUT YO MOUTH!

     [ "Adhesives" ]

    1: a substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

      * e.g.,  ... My dad loves adhesives so much I think he's insane sometimes. 

     [ "scrotal adhesion" ]

    1: Condition occuring when ones scrotum adheres to the side of ones leg, particularly on a hot humid day or after strenuous work. This problem more common to wearers of boxer shorts and summertime Florida residents.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob keeps shaking his leg, he must have a case of scrotal adhesion. 

     [ "adhesive cheese" ]

    1: Another name for the cheese singles you in the supermarket. Typically found in burgers you buy from a van in a hard shoulder. Sticks to pretty much anything, like a cheesy sharpie.

      * e.g.,  ... Wallace - hey joan, i need something to hold my poster up. 

     [ "Vaginal Adhesive" ]

    1: When a woman's vaginal fluid becomes so old and corroded that it actually becomes an adhesive; losing it's lubrication aspect completely.

      * e.g.,  ...  Unfortunate Male: "Man, I knew I should of brought Lube, your grandmother's moldy gaping vagina was so dry and full of Vaginal Adhesive that it tore so much flesh from me that it looks like I have a canine penis." 


     [ "Vaginal Adhesive" ]

    2: Usually existing in elderly women, but more often today in younger, due to excessive vaginal fissures, corrupting the fluid secreting glands.

      * e.g.,  ...  Gangsta: "Yo momma is so old her vagina covers even the most erect, wet and juiciest of thick pulsating dick in a Vaginal Adhesive so powerful it tares it clean off and glues it inside her forever." 

     [ "de-adhese" ]

    1: To help someone remove an item that is stuck..usually something that should've never been stuck to the other item in the first place...

      * e.g.,  ... guy 1: I've superglued myself to the electrical box guy 2: I'm not going to de-adhese you dude 

     [ "Digitally Adhesive" ]

    1: NerdSpeak for 'sticky fingers', for those inclined to be kleptos

      * e.g.,  ... Don't leave you I-Phone, etc. unattended at public places, plenty of folk are digitally adhesive 

     [ "De-adhese" ]

    1: To come unglued

      * e.g.,  ... the tape started to de-adhese 

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