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CONGLUTINATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stick together

Example:

the edges of the wound conglutinated

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

conglutination (healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to adhere

Example:

The wounds were coapted

Synonyms:

coapt; conglutinate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

close; fill up (fill or stop up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

conglutination (the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts)

conglutination (healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones)

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