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Cohesive definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COHESIVE, a. That has the power of sticking or cohering; tending to unite in a mass, and to resist separation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: causing cohesion; "a cohesive agent"
2: cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated; "a cohesive organization"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1731 exhibiting or producing cohesion or coherence <a cohesive social unit> <cohesive soils> • cohesively adverb • cohesiveness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cohesive Co*he"sive, a. 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"sive*ly, adv. -- Co*he"sive*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is cohesive consists of parts that fit together well and form a united whole. Huston had assembled a remarkably cohesive and sympathetic cast. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

adhering, agglutinate, cartilaginous, chewy, cleaving, clinging, coherent, cohering, coriaceous, durable, fibrous, gristly, hard, hardy, holding together, impartible, indiscerptible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indivisible, infrangible, infusible, inseparable, insoluble, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, resistant, ropy, sinewy, sticking, stiff, stringy, strong, stubborn, stuck, tenacious, tough, tough as leather, undividable, unified, untiring, vigorous, viscid, wiry