| ADJECTIVE | all | agglutinate, agglutinative | united as if by glue |
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| VERB | contact | agglutinate | string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) |
| contact | agglutinate | clump together |
| Sounds | ahgluw'tihney.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | United as if by glue. | |
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| Synonym | agglutinative | |
| Broader | adhesive | tending to adhere |
| Meaning | string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) . | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | attach | Become attached |
| Adjectives | agglutinative | forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning / meaning |
| Nouns | agglutination | the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning / meaning in the process of combining |
| Meaning | clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Narrower | haemagglutinate, hemagglutinate | Cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) |
| Broader | cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere | Come or be in close contact with |
| Nouns | agglutination | a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) |