1. (a.) Sticking together; causing cohesion; as, a cohesive teammate; a cohesive argument\, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.

2. (a.) Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.

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