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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryad·here \ad-ˈhir, əd-\ verb (ad·hered ; ad·her·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle French or Latin; Middle French adhérer,from Latin adhaerēre, from ad- + haerēre to stick DATE 15th centuryintransitive verb1. to give support or maintain loyalty2. obsolete : accord 33. to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing4. to bind oneself to observance adhere to the rulestransitive verb: to cause to stick fastSynonyms: see stickEnglish Etymologyadhere 1590s, from Fr. adherer (15c.), from L. adhaerare "to stick to" (see adherent). Originally of persons, "to cleave to a leader, cause, party, etc. (cf. adherent, still often used in this sense); of things, from 1650s.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7adheread·here / Ed5hiE(r); NAmE Ed5hir / verb[V] ~ (to sth) (formal) to stick firmly to sth 粘附；附着: Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells. 细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。 PHRASAL VERBS ▪ ad'here to sth (formal) to behave according to a particular law, rule, set of instructions, etc.; to follow a particular set of beliefs or a fixed way of doing sth 坚持,遵守,遵循(法律、规章、指示、信念等): For two months he adhered to a strict no-fat low-salt diet. 十个月来他严格坚持无脂肪少盐饮食。 She adheres to teaching methods she learned over 30 years ago. 她依循她 30 多年前所学的教学法教学。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishadhere verb ADV. properly The tiles may not adhere properly if you do not use the correct glue. PREP. to The glue would not adhere to the metal surface. PHRASAL VERBS adhere to ADV. closely, firmly, rigidly, rigorously, scrupulously, strictly This principle must be strictly adhered to. | fully, properly The guidelines were not always fully adhered to. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedad·here\adˈhi(ə)r, əd-, -iə\ verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French adhérer, from Latin adhaerēre, from ad- + haerēre to stick — more at hesitateintransitive verb1. : to hold, follow, or maintain loyalty steadily and consistently (as to a person, group, principle, or way) < the agrarian party, to which he adhered to the end of his life — V.L.Parrington >2. obsolete : to be consistent or in accord < nor time nor place did then adhere — Shakespeare >3. a. : to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing < paper adhering to the wall > b. : to become joined (as in pathological adhesion) < the lung sometimes adheres to the pleura >4. : to agree to join : bind oneself to observance (as of a treaty) < other tribes adhered to the pact — P.M.Angle >5. Scots law : to cohabit as husband or wife6. botany : to display adhesiontransitive verb: to cause to stick fast < paper that had been adhered to a surface with glue >Synonyms: stick, cling, cleave, cohere: adhere is a general term somewhat more bookish in suggestion than stick to indicate any holding to, especially steadily and over a period of time < the glue adhering to the frame > < dried blood still adhering to the cloth > < to revise our ideas and not to adhere to what passes for respectable opinion — J.H.Robinson > stick, more familiar and forceful, may more strongly indicate close tenacious holding to, as though fixed in, embedded, glued < the barb stuck in the flesh > < the molasses stuck to his fingers > < both sides sticking obstinately to their old positions — New Statesman & Nation > cling suggests a hanging on or holding to tenaciously as though in danger or fear of losing one's grip < tall spruce, their roots clinging tenaciously to the few inches of soil, crown the summit — American Guide Series: Maine > < throwing men and women into the sea with a ship to cling to and a chance of reaching another country — G.B.Shaw > < hopes which Huxley cherished and to which many still cling — J.W.Krutch > cleave, a rather literary word, implies a close sticking or holding of or as if of flat layers glued or plastered together, a very close, lasting, and indissoluble attachment < the soaked shirt cleaving to his shoulders > < to love one maiden only, cleave to her, and worship her by years of noble deeds — Alfred Tennyson > cohere may indicate either a physical sticking together in a mass or an abstract common principle or general consistency that facilitates joining or uniting; it applies to the holding together of like things, of parts of a whole < the mortar will cohere to the bricks > < the parts of the exposition do not cohere >

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