adhere
1. be compatible or in accordance with (Freq. 5)
- You must adhere to the rules
• Hypernyms:
match, fit, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. follow through or carry out a plan without deviation (Freq. 3)
- They adhered to their plan
• Hypernyms:
follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement,
put through, go through
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. come or be in close contact with;
stick or hold together and resist separation (Freq. 1)
- The dress clings to her body
- The label stuck to the box
- The sushi rice grains cohere
• Syn:
cling, cleave, stick, cohere
• Derivationally related forms:
cohesive (for: cohere), coherent (for: cohere), cohesion (for: cohere), coherency (for: cohere), coherence (for: cohere), adherent, adhesion
• Hypernyms:
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Hyponyms:
mold, conglutinate, agglutinate
• Verb Group:
hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
• Entailment:
attach
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. be a devoted follower or supporter
- The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism
- She sticks to her principles
• Syn:
stick
• Derivationally related forms:
adhesion, adherent
• Hypernyms:
adopt, follow, espouse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
5. be loyal to
- She stood by her husband in times of trouble
- The friends stuck together through the war
• Syn:
stand by, stick by, stick
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: stick)
6. stick to firmly
- Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
• Syn:
hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
• Derivationally related forms:
sticker (for: stick), binder (for: bind), binding (for: bind), bondable (for: bond), bond (for: bond), holdfast (for: hold fast), adhesive, adherent, adhesion
• Hypernyms:
attach
• Hyponyms:
bind
• Verb Group:
cling, cleave, stick, cohere
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
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