agglutinate
verb[IorT]
uk/əˈɡluː.tɪ.neɪt/us/əˈɡluː.t̬ə.neɪt/tosticktogether orcausethings tosticktogether:
Inhealthypeople, thebloodplateletswill agglutinate rapidly.
Barleymealagglutinated in the hightropicalhumidity.
Theantibodyagglutinated theredbloodcellsof 70% ofindividualsin thestudy.
languagespecialized
(of words orpartsof words) tocombineor becombinedtoformnew words:
Theselanguageshave atendencyto agglutinate words together.
Turkishis alanguagewith an agglutinatingmorphology.
- It wasnotedthat theredbloodcellshad agglutinated.
- Therockconsists offragmentsagglutinated together.
- Speakers agglutinate many words into onelongaggregateword.
- In somelanguages, it ispossibleto agglutinate severalindividualwords to thenoun.
Connecting and combining
- abut
- additive
- adjoin
- affix
- aggregation
- allied
- articulation
- desegregation
- dovetail
- eclectic
- eclectically
- elide
- hyphenate
- linkage
- lumpsomeone/somethingtogether
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- weaving
- yoke
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