adhering

Verb

adhere (third-person singular simple present adheres, present participle adhering, simple past and past participle adhered)

1. (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
   • Wax adhered to his finger.

   Synonyms:

   cleave, cling, stick

2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
   • Upon the whole, if, by the British dominions, you mean territories subject to the Parliament, you adhere to your usual fallacy, and suppose what you are bound to prove.1775 February 23, Alexander Hamilton, “The Farmer Refuted, &c., [23 February] 1775”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volumes 1, 1768–1778, New York: Columbia University...
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
   • For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences.2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone
4. (transitive) To fasten by adhesion.
   • A process in producing playing balls which consists molding a pair of hollow hemispheres from suitable air proof mate rial softening their edges by heat and adhering them to form a unitary hollow sphere inclosing said sphere in a stiffened envelop.1903 May 16, ADDISON T SAUNDERS, 785,184 MANUFACTURE OF PLAYING BALLS, US Patent 157,363 (PDF version), page 568
5. (intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.