ad·here
vb, ad*hered ad*her*ing vi 1 : to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing <a gauze bandage adhering to the wound> 2 : to become joined (as in pathological adhesion) <the lung sometimes s to the pleura> vt : to cause to stick fast ad*her*ence n
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