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verb (used without object)
1.
to adhere closely; stick to: The wet paper clings to the glass.
2.
to hold tight, as by grasping or embracing; cleave: The children clung to each other in the dark.
3.
to be or remain close: The child clung to her mother's side.
4.
to remain attached, as to an idea, hope, memory, etc.: Despite the predictions, the candidate clung to the belief that he would be elected.
5.
to cohere.
noun
6.
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
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Cling
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English clingen, Old English clingan to stick together, shrink, wither; akin to clench
before 900; Middle English clingen, Old English clingan to stick together, shrink, wither; akin to clench
Related forms
cling·er, noun
cling·ing·ly, adverb
cling·ing·ness, noun
un·cling·ing, adjective
Synonyms
2. clutch, grab, hug.
2. clutch, grab, hug.
Example Sentences
- Yet academics cling to their offices on campus as if to life itself.
- These can be introduced into the water through trace amounts of fecal matter that cling to people's bodies.
- The only real trick is to make sure the herb mixture doesn't get too thin or it won't cling as well to the meat.
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noun
a clingstone.
Origin:
1835–45; by shortening from clingstone, or special use of cling1 (noun)
1835–45; by shortening from clingstone, or special use of cling1 (noun)
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World English Dictionary
| cling (klɪŋ) | |
| —vb , clings, clinging, clung | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | ( |
| 3. | to be or remain physically or emotionally close: to cling to outmoded beliefs |
| —n | |
| 4. | chiefly (US) agriculture the tendency of cotton fibres in a sample to stick to each other |
| 5. | obsolete agriculture diarrhoea or scouring in animals |
| 6. | short for clingstone |
| [Old English clingan; related to | |
| 'clinging | |
| —adj | |
| 'clinger | |
| —n | |
| 'clingingly | |
| —adv | |
| 'clingy | |
| —adj | |
| 'clinginess | |
| —n | |
| 'clingingness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cling
O.E. clingan "hold fast, congeal, shrivel," shifting 13c. to "adhere, stick together," from P.Gmc. *klingg-.
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