cohesive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite causing cohesion
    • a cohesive agent
  2. adjective satellite cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
    • a cohesive organization

WordNet

Co*he"sive adjective
Definitions
  1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.
  2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. -- Co*he"sive*ly, adv. -- Co*he"sive*ness, n.

Webster 1913