her-, hes- +

1. To stick fast, to cleave to, to become or remain firmly attached to a substance, as by a glutinous surface, or by grasping, etc.
2. To cleave (hold together) to a person or party; to be a close companion, partisan, or follower.
3. To cleave (stick) to an opinion, practice, or method; to continue to maintain or observe.
4. To adhere to a decision, etc.; by confirming, or approving, it with a subsequent decision.

Adhered tightly to as if by suction or with glue; or stuck to an opinion, practice, or method.

1. A steady attachment, as of a person to a rule; fidelity, fealty, allegiance, devotion; obedience, loyalty: "The coach demanded adherence to the rules of the game."
2. Adhesion, adhesiveness, stickiness: "Put more glue on the wallpaper to increase its adherence."

1. The action of sticking or holding fast (to anything or together).
2. Attachment (to a person or party); adhesion.
3. Persistence in a practice or tenet with steady observance or maintenance.

1. A supporter of a cause or of a leader; such as, someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another person or group including a believer in a particular faith or church.
2. Able to stick firmly to a surface or an object; such as, sticking or uniting, as glue or wax.

Supporters, allies, followers, disciples, devotees; sticking or holding fast: "He is a leader with many loyal adherents."

Tending to adhere; adhesive.

The act or process of sticking, clinging, or remaining attached.

1. The action of sticking (to anything) by physical attraction, viscosity of surface, or firm grasping.
2. The grip (of a wheel on a track, etc.) produced by friction, or the friction itself.
3. The action of attaching oneself, or of remaining attached, to a person, party, or tenet, as a partizan, supporter, or follower.
4. A mass of fibrous connective tissue joining two surfaces that are normally separate.

Synthetic nanoadhesive mimics sticking powers of gecko and mussel

Geckos are remarkable for their ability to scurry up vertical surfaces and even move along upside down.

Their feet adhere temporarily, coming off of surfaces again and again like a sticky note; but put those feet underwater, and their ability to stick is dramatically reduced.

Water is an enemy of adhesives, which typically do not work well in wet environments; think of how long a bandage on your finger lasts. Now two Northwestern University biomedical engineers have successfully married the gecko’s adhesive ability with that of an animal well known for its sticking power underwater: the mussel.

Combining the important elements of gecko and mussel adhesion, the new adhesive material, called “geckel”, functions like a sticky note and exhibits strong yet reversible adhesion in both air and water.

“I envision that adhesive tapes made out of geckel could be used to replace sutures for wound closure and may also be useful as a water-resistant adhesive for bandages and drug-delivery patches. Such a bandage would remain firmly attached to the skin during bathing but would permit easy removal upon healing,” said Phillip B. Messersmith, professor of biomedical engineering at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.

A gecko’s strong but temporary adhesion comes from a mechanical principle known as contact splitting.

Each gecko foot has a flat pad that is densely packed with very fine hairs that are split at the ends, resulting in a greater number of contact points than if the hairs were not split. In fact, the diameter of one of the split hairs is as small as 200 nanometers.

More contact points between hairs and surface result in a significant increase in adhesion force. Flies, bees and other insects also use this strategy.

1. Having the property of sticking; sticky.
2. Furnished with an appliance for adhesion; such as, with glue on an envelope flap or on a postage stamp, etc.

1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity.
2. Having a propensity to form and to maintain attachments to people, and to promote social relationships.

1. To cleave or stick together; especially said of the constituent parts of a material substance. Said of the substance, mass, or body whose parts so stick together.
2. To stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation.
3. When referring to people: to stick together; to unite or remain united in some action.
4. Etymology: borrowed from Latin cohaerere, "to cling together, to cleave to together"; from co-, "together" + haerere, "to cling to, to cleave to (to hold together and to resist separation)".

1. The action or fact of cleaving or sticking together; cohesion.
2. Having a logical connexion or relation; congruity, consistency.

The quality of being coherent or of hanging together in any respect.