English adjective: agglutinate | |||
1. | agglutinate united as if by glue | ||
Synonyms | agglutinative | ||
Similar | adhesive | ||
Antonyms | nonadhesive | ||
English verb: agglutinate | |||
1. | agglutinate (contact) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | attach | ||
2. | agglutinate (contact) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, stick | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | haemagglutinate, hemagglutinate | ||