The meaning of Glutinous

adjective

Able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky.

Usage examples:

An adhesive label

noun

A substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

Usage examples:

Tile adhesive

noun

Glue

Usage examples:

[ c ] use a water-resistant adhesive., the pages were held together with adhesive tape.

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

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Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

Thick and sticky.

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Cloggy mud

adjective

Characterized by or causing cohesion.

Usage examples:

Each parish was formerly a cohesive unit

adjective

United and working together effectively

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A cohesive group, cohesive forces

adjective

Thick or sticky

Usage examples:

The pies had an unpleasantly gloopy texture., add a banana to make the smoothies lovely and gloopy.

idiom

To stay very close to someone

Usage examples:

Ellie stuck to her mother like glue.

adjective

Having a sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

Gluey brown paste

adjective

Sticky, or covered with glue

Usage examples:

You'd better wash those gluey hands of yours.

adjective

Soft and sticky.

Usage examples:

A gooey chocolate dessert

adjective

(of a substance) thick and sticky

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A gooey dessert

adjective

Having a viscous or sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

A gummy discharge

noun

A small edible shark of australasian coastal waters, with rounded teeth that it uses to crush hard-shelled prey.

Usage examples:

But today he is singing the praises of a non-commercial creature - the humble eel, which he says ha…

adjective

Showing the gums

Usage examples:

The baby gave her a gummy smile., a gummy label, i adore melon gummies., gummies covered with choco…

adjective

Having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.

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A mucilaginous paste

adjective

Relating to, producing, covered with, or of the nature of mucus.

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Blood loss through the rectum, mucous discharge, altered bowel habit, and straining are common feat…

adjective

Relating to mucus (= a slippery lubricant and protective substance)

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Mucous membrane/secretion/tissue

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

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Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

(of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.

Usage examples:

The paint was still tacky

adjective

Showing poor taste and quality.

Usage examples:

Even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts

adjective

(of a substance) sticky

Usage examples:

I left a fingerprint in the tacky paint., she reads those tacky romance novels.

adjective

Resembling treacle in consistency, taste, or appearance.

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A treacly black fuel

adjective

Dark and sticky, like treacle

Usage examples:

He'd coated the shelves with a thick treacly varnish., the film is spoilt by a slightly treacly sen…

adjective

Having a glutinous or sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

The viscid mucus lining of the intestine

adjective

A viscid liquid is thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The cysts are filled with viscid fluid., lava, even at its hottest, is somewhat viscid, like treacl…

adjective

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity.

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Viscous lava

adjective

(of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing easily

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Viscous oil