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AGGLUTINATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United as if by glue

Synonyms:

agglutinate; agglutinative

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

adhesive (tending to adhere)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "agglutinate" is one way to...):

adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick (come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "agglutinate"):

haemagglutinate; hemagglutinate (cause the clumping together (of red blood cells))

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

agglutination (a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins))

Sense 2

Meaning:

String together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "agglutinate" is one way to...):

attach (become attached)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

agglutination (the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining)

agglutinative (forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning)

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