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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cohesive

/kōh-ēs'-ĭv/ · Co·he·sive · IPA /koʊˈhi.sɪv/
01 a. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
  1. 1.
    Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
  2. 2.
    Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.
Phrases & compounds
Cohesive attraction — See under Attraction.