<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.</li><li>sticking fast; sticky; clinging.</li><li>of or relating to the molecular force that exists in the area of contact between unlike bodies and that acts to unite them.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a substance that causes something to adhere, as glue or rubber cement.</li><li>adhesive tape.</li><li>a postage stamp with a gummed back, as distinguished from one embossed or printed on an envelope or card.</li></ul>