Adhering (8)
I believe the answer is:
sticking
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">adhering</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that adhering can be written as sticking)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for sticking that I've seen before include "ADHERENT]" , "Putting" , "not moving" , "Gluing" , "Adhering" .)