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cohere
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To stick together physically, by adhesion or figuratively by common purpose. 2 To be consistent as part of a group.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Always stress what can be seen to cohere and fit together before attending to what does not fit. ▪ But they don't cohere , don't add up. ▪ Homologous parts tend to vary in the same way, and homologous parts tend to cohere . ▪ ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cohere \Co*here"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering .] [L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast , a.] To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: cling , cleave , adhere , stick ] cause to form a united, orderly, and ...
Usage examples of cohere.
Nothing coheres in him -- either in his opinions, or, I fear, his affections.
Holt said, "that the 'Reen believe simple light can actually be cohered into a laser.
These cohered to form a tough membrane through which we could see absolutely nothing.
If dissension infests this entity which others call Asx, can a society of individuals cohere any better?
In this way therefore then the light and expansive ether with its now cohering body swept round and arched itself on all sides and expanding widely in all directions round in this way fenced all other things in with its greedy grasp.
The old woman was the nucleus the others were gradually cohering around.
Whichever was true, he felt insignificant in the presence of these cohering shapes.
Intangible individually, in the mass they formed something through which I could not pass, cohering by a means I didn't understand.
I look out the window to see the sky, but there is only the rock wall in the moonlight and the slowly cohering shadow character of the Buddha's name, the three vertical strokes like ink on slate-colored vellum, the three horizontal strokes flowing around and together, making three white faces in the negative spaces, three faces staring at me in the dark.