ADHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adhere mean? 

• ADHERE (verb)
  The verb ADHERE has 6 senses:

1. be compatible or in accordance with

2. follow through or carry out a plan without deviation

3. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

4. be a devoted follower or supporter

5. be loyal to

6. stick to firmly

  Familiarity information: ADHERE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADHERE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they adhere    ... he / she / it adheres   
Past simple: adhered   
Past participle: adhered   
-ing form: adhering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be compatible or in accordance with

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

You must adhere to the rules

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

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Follow through or carry out a plan without deviation

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

They adhered to their plan

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

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

adhere; cleave; cling; cohere; stick

Context example:

The sushi rice grains cohere

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

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

"Adhere" entails doing...:

attach (become attached)

Verb group:

adhere; bind; bond; hold fast; stick; stick to (stick to firmly)

stick (fasten with an adhesive material like glue)

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

mold (fit tightly, follow the contours of)

conglutinate (stick together)

agglutinate (clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

adherent (sticking fast)

adhesion (the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be a devoted follower or supporter

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

adhere; stick

Context example:

She sticks to her principles

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

adopt; espouse; follow (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

adherent (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

adhesion (faithful support for a cause or political party or religion)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Be loyal to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

adhere; stand by; stick; stick by

Context example:

The friends stuck together through the war

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

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Stick to firmly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

adhere; bind; bond; hold fast; stick; stick to

Context example:

Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?

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

attach (become attached)

Verb group:

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 "adhere"):

bind (form a chemical bond with)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

adherent (sticking fast)

adhesion (the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition)

adhesive (tending to adhere)

 Context examples 

These findings highlight the benefit for entire populations of adhering to a healthy lifestyle, independent of genetic risk, say the researchers.

(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)

But obese women in the study who adhered to a healthy diet had a lower risk of high blood pressure, when compared to obese women who did not.

(Healthy diet may reduce high blood pressure risk after gestational diabetes, NIH)

They must adhere to a special low-protein diet and take various supplements their entire lives.

(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)

Experiments with fungal cells showed that beta-amyloid disrupted Candida’s ability to adhere directly to host cells—a mechanism necessary for infection.

(Alzheimer’s protein may have natural antibiotic role, NIH)

In all vessel types, EC are involved in blood coagulation, control of the transport between blood and tissue, movement of cells adhering to EC, wound healing, and angiogenesis.

(Ion Channels in Vascular Endothelium Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Recent studies suggested that Shisa7 along with other Shisa genes encodes proteins that adhere to glutamate receptors.

(‘Sticky’ gene may help Valium calm nerves, National Institutes of Health)

Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intentions as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Platelets adhere to exposed collagen and are activated at the site of endothelial damage in the blood vessel.

(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This serotype differs from other pathogenic E. coli as it is negative for invasiveness (Sereny test), adheres through E. coli common pilus, and doesn't produce heat stable or heat labile toxins.

(Escherichia coli strain O157:H7, NCI Thesaurus)

It promotes cellular proliferation and provides a supporting structure to which cells or cell lysates in culture dishes adhere.

(Extracellular Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)