English verb: cohere
|1.||cohere (contact) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation|
|Samples||The dress clings to her body.|
The label stuck to the box.
The sushi rice grains cohere.
|Synonyms||adhere, cleave, cling, stick|
|Pattern of use||Something ----s.|
Something is ----ing PP.
Somebody ----s PP
|Broader (hypernym)||adjoin, contact, meet, touch|
|Narrower (hyponym)||agglutinate, conglutinate, mold|
|Verb group||adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick, stick, stick to|
|2.||cohere (stative) cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole|
|Samples||Religion can cohere social groups.|
|Pattern of use||Something ----s something|
|Broader (hypernym)||alter, change, modify|
|3.||cohere (stative) have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results|
|Samples||The principles by which societies cohere.|
|Pattern of use||Something ----s|