Main Entry: ad·here

Pronunciation: \ad-ˈhi(ə)r, əd-\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): ad·hered; ad·her·ing

intransitive verb

1 : to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing <a gauze bandage adhering to the wound>
2 : to become joined (as in pathological adhesion) <the lung sometimes adheres to the pleura>

transitive verb

: to cause to stick fast

—ad·her·ence \-ˈhir-ən(t)s\ noun