| Main Entry: | gum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sticky substance |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, amber, cement, cohesive substance, exudate, glue, mucilage, paste, pitch, plaster, resin, rosin, tar, wax |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten; stick |
Synonyms: |
bind, connect, fix, fuse, glue, gum, paste, stickum |
Antonyms: |
let go, loosen, open, unfasten, unstick |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gluing, binding material |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum, tar |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
| Main Entry: | cement |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach securely, often with sticky material |
Synonyms: |
bind, blend, bond, cohere, combine, connect, fasten, fuse, glue, gum, join, merge, mortar, paste, plaster, seal, solder, stick together, unite, weld |
Antonyms: |
divide, separate, unfix |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
Synonyms: |
bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | glue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adhesive |
Synonyms: |
cement, gum, gunk, mucilage, paste, plaster, spit*, stickum |
| Main Entry: | gnaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite, chew |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chomp, consume, corrode, crunch, devour, eat, eat away, erode, gum, masticate, munch, nibble, wear |
| Main Entry: | paste |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | glue, adhesive |
Synonyms: |
cement, fasten, fix, gum, mucilage, patch, plaster, spit, stick, stickum |
| Main Entry: | plaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thick, gooey material that hardens |
Synonyms: |
adhesive, binding, cement, coat, dressing, glue, gum, gypsum, lime, mortar, mucilage, paste, plaster of Paris, stucco |
| Main Entry: | plaster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread, smear |
Synonyms: |
adhere, bedaub, besmear, bind, cement, coat, cover, daub, glue, gum, overlay, paste, smudge |