The meaning of Viscous

noun

Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

He was a strong adherent of monetarism

adjective

Sticking fast to an object or surface.

Usage examples:

The eggs have thick sticky shells to which debris is often adherent

noun

Someone who strongly supports an idea, plan, person, etc.

Usage examples:

She has been an adherent of home schooling for years.

verb

Stick fast to (a surface or substance).

Usage examples:

Paint won't adhere well to a greasy surface

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

(of a garment) fitting closely to the body and showing its shape.

Usage examples:

She was wearing a clinging black dress

verb

Hold on tightly to.

Usage examples:

She clung to joe's arm

adjective

A clinging person stays close to and depends on a person who is taking care of them

Usage examples:

Up to the time she started school, her daughter was very clinging., a very clinging and demanding e…

adjective

Having the consistency of jelly.

Usage examples:

A sweet, gelatinous drink

adjective

Thick and like jelly

Usage examples:

The liquid solidifies into a gelatinous mass.

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

Like glue in texture; sticky.

Usage examples:

Glutinous mud

adjective

Sticky

Usage examples:

Short-grain rice turns into a soft, glutinous mass when cooked.

adjective

Soft and sticky.

Usage examples:

A gooey chocolate dessert

adjective

(of a substance) thick and sticky

Usage examples:

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

Unpleasantly sticky or messy.

Usage examples:

They began rinsing the gunky tar from the excavated soil

adjective

Having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.

Usage examples:

A mucilaginous paste

adjective

Involving, resembling, or of the nature of mucus.

Usage examples:

After classification of the nature of the sputum, those patients with macroscopically mucoid sample…

adjective

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

Usage examples:

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)

Usage examples:

Mucous membrane/secretion/tissue

noun

A folded pastry case with a savoury filling, typically of seasoned meat and vegetables.

Usage examples:

I've always associated it with school meals, so to see it put in a shortcrust pasty is an intriguin…

adjective

(of a person's face) unhealthily pale.

Usage examples:

A pasty complexion

adjective

(of someone’s skin) pale and unhealthy looking

Usage examples:

A pasty face

adjective

Covered by or resembling slime.

Usage examples:

Thick, slimy mud

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

noun

A long, thin piece of something.

Usage examples:

a stick of dynamite

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.

Usage examples:

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

Having the consistency or sweetness of syrup.

Usage examples:

Syrupy puddings

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

With opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart.

Usage examples:

Thick slices of bread

noun

The most active or crowded part of something.

Usage examples:

We were in the thick of the battle

adverb

In or with deep, dense, or heavy mass.

Usage examples:

Bread spread thick with butter

adjective

Resembling treacle in consistency, taste, or appearance.

Usage examples:

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…