Sticking+fast

  • 11Wedge — Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedging}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To force… …

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  • 12Wedged — Wedge Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedging}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 13Wedging — Wedge Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedging}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 14stickfast — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from the phrase stick fast 1. : one that sticks or causes to stick firmly 2. : an act of sticking fast …

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  • 15Loutre River — The Loutre River is a tributary of the Missouri River in the United States. The Loutre River begins as Little Loutre Creek in Audrain County, Missouri, being fed along its path by many very small creeks and streams, and flows into the Missouri… …

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  • 16First Ostend Raid — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Ostend Raid partof=North Sea Operations, First World War caption=Wreckage of HMS Brilliant at Ostend date=23–24 April 1918 place=Ostend, Belgium result=German defences drove off British attackers.… …

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  • 17adherent — adj. [L. ad, near; haerere, to stick] Referring to being attached, clinging or sticking fast …

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  • 18adhesive — adhesively, adv. adhesiveness, n. /ad hee siv, ziv/, adj. 1. coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages. 2. sticking fast; sticky; clinging. 3. Physics. of or pertaining to the molecular force that exists in the …

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  • 19adherent — 1. adjective a) adhesive, that sticks to something b) that has the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something See Also: adhere, adherence, adhesive, coherent, inherent 2 …

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  • 20adherent — [əd hɪər(ə)nt] noun someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas. adjective sticking fast to something …

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