CONGLUTINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conglutinate mean? 

• CONGLUTINATE (verb)
  The verb CONGLUTINATE has 2 senses:

1. cause to adhere

2. stick together

  Familiarity information: CONGLUTINATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONGLUTINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they conglutinate    ... he / she / it conglutinates   
Past simple: conglutinated   
Past participle: conglutinated   
-ing form: conglutinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to adhere

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

coapt; conglutinate

Context example:

The wounds were coapted

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stick together

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the edges of the wound conglutinated

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)