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cling
1[kling]
verb (used without object)
to adhere closely; stick to.
The wet paper clings to the glass.
to hold tight, as by grasping or embracing; cleave.
The children clung to each other in the dark.
to be or remain close.
The child clung to her mother's side.
to remain attached, as to an idea, hope, memory, etc..
Despite the predictions, the candidate clung to the belief that he would be elected.
to cohere.
noun
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
cling
2[kling]
noun
a clingstone.
cling
/ klɪŋ /
verb
(often foll by to) to hold fast or adhere closely (to something), as by gripping or sticking
(foll by together) to remain in contact (with each other)
to be or remain physically or emotionally close
to cling to outmoded beliefs
noun
agriculture the tendency of cotton fibres in a sample to stick to each other
obsolete, agriculture diarrhoea or scouring in animals
short for clingstone
Other Word Forms
- clinger noun
- clingingly adverb
- clingingness noun
- unclinging adjective
- clingy adjective
- clinginess noun
- clinging adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cling1
Example Sentences
They cling to their branding as Yale people.
Ash still clings to the windowsills of the gray home in Altadena, nine months after an inferno ripped the community apart.
They take comfort from Labour's own woes and leadership speculation, and cling to a belief that Reform UK's populist policies increasingly do not survive contact with reality.
London City have more quality and resources than most newly promoted teams, but the sight of Liverpool clinging on for a point all afternoon at Hayes Lane was still unedifying.
Hamby said he believes solutions lie in a compromise between the upper and lower states, but that will require all of them to stop clinging to “their most aggressive and rigid dreamland legal positions.”
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