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[kling]

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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.

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Origin:
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.

Example Sentences

Only tourists cling to the coast, along with pirates and conquerors.

Yet academics cling to their offices on campus as if to life itself.

But people power meets its match in a regime ready to kill and torture as many as it takes to cling to power.

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Only tourists cling to the coast, along with pirates and conquerors.

Yet academics cling to their offices on campus as if to life itself.

But people power meets its match in a regime ready to kill and torture as many as it takes to cling to power.

Over time, residue from laundry detergents and fabric softeners may cling to the inside of the washer.

Berkeley researchers are testing artificial microfibers that imitate those a gecko uses to cling to wet surfaces.

Vines typically cling to walls by suction disks at ends of tendrils.

Perhaps because dry armpits sometimes build up static cling.

The motive is invariably the same--the tenacity with which aged parents cling to life.

As life is its own reason and will cling stubbornly to the last.

Many are suspicious of their fellow citizens but cling tightly together for.

Beads of dew cling to the florets that spiral inside a sunflower head.

The detailed structure of mosquito legs enables the insects to walk on water, cling to walls and stick to human skin.

We cling to mistaken beliefs and ignore salient facts.

DO not cling to the same way of dressing your hair regardless of the changes wrought by time.

Characters cling to one another and are clearly visually clumped into words.

The body has sent blood to the vital organs in a last effort to cling to life.

But new research shows that the two species cling to surfaces in markedly.

Even so, traditionalists cling to film's reliability.

Researchers have long known that people cling to their personal biases more tightly when feeling threatened.

However, vinegar does not reduce static cling the way fabric softener does.

The ropes let swimmers cling to the device or climb on top of it until a lifeguard arrives on the scene.

They developed special toes that let them cling to wet leaves and scurry up slippery vines.

The genes that code for an eggs ability to cling to the placenta wall were stolen from a virus.

Coming to terms with the singles scene is tough if you cling to the idea of a unified, long-form piece of music-making.

Romantic and tragic memories cling about the old structure.

Again, these dinosaurs who still cling to their chalkboard and typewriters amaze me.

Pub games cling on there, too, and are having a revival of sorts.

The bacteria primarily cling to the intestinal walls in the bowels of the bowels-the colon.

Too many people are not truly capable of loving others, but opt instead to cling to someone as a quick cure for insecurity.

Others allow them to cling to walls and run up the length of pillars.

They cling to the idea that there is something they can do to protect themselves.

They typically cling to their biased opinions, bolstered by selective perception, even in the face of hard data to the contrary.

The droplets bead and cling as they would on the surface of a polished car.

Some leaders lose control over their territory and cling to their capitals while warlords rule the provinces.

These little newborns were too weak and tiny to cling to their mother's tummy as all other primates did.

It is all so bleak that you feel the urge to grab a bottle of vodka and cling to it for dear life.

Rabin had to cling to, and his devotion to the bits that kept him afloat is fierce and abiding.

The debate over minimum wage is similarly hampered by people who cling to ideology versus logic.

For those who still cling to that ideal, the latest trends on the internet are depressing.

Crewmen cling to the aircraft to keep them from going over the side.

In a test of endurance and devotion, they have spent the night on the glaciers that still cling to the rocks above the valley.

Climbing off the bed, the bear walked stiffly over to cling to the boy's leg.

The child will cling to the new person, usually physically as well as emotionally.

Italians' ability to cling to their earnings and profits is legendary.

On a bluff above a narrow stream, mud-walled homes cling together in tightly packed clusters.

We are supposed to neither cling ruthlessly to the old, nor jump carelessly to the new.

Water molecules cling to one another because of intermolecular forces called hydrogen bonds.

In the running of these wheels it will be seen that they cling to the track with tenfold the usual.

If you have to survive in the jungle, you'd rather cling to the wisdom of the ancient.

Headdress feathers, a sign of high status, still cling to the scalp of a mummy found nearby.

Also, the game is rich in story with empathetic characters to cling your hearts to.

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.

For years, the state has sought to attract new businesses and cling to existing ones.

Sharp claws on all their fingers help nocturnal aye-ayes cling to their treetop homes.

Like you all say creationists cling to the bible, well you all cling to randomness.

Bring juices to a simmer over medium heat and reduce by about half, until they cling to a spoon.

All three leaders are growing more autocratic the longer they cling to office.

Villages and towns cling to the banks, little more than heaps of mud-walled huts and rusty shacks.

Those women who cling to a basic jacket will find that designers have replaced buttons with apron-string ties.

The spores cling to the hands of hospital staff, lurking under fingernails and rings.

Dense bunches of pollen grains cling to each other in gnarled clumps.

Instead of adapting, they cling to their outdated ideologies.

On this night, the crowd seemed to cling to his every intonation.

Hopefully they will not cling to their land galleons.

Tiny discs on the poison dart frog's toes help it cling to vegetation in its habitat.

These can be introduced into the water through trace amounts of fecal matter that cling to people's bodies.

Faced with uncertainty, they resort to whatever conventions they can find to cling to, from popular wisdom to new theories.

Should he find and approach a real female bee, the beetle larvae will instantly abandon him and cling to her.

The majority of people to still cling to silly, unfounded, tribal religions because of their biases.

As the two main political parties decline, so they cling more tenaciously to power.

Her broken wrist meant she couldn't leap and cling to high tree branches.

Unfortunately it is you who can't see the logic as you cling to your faith in mathematical doctrine.

At a simple level, it is becoming harder over time for an autocrat to cling to power for long periods of time.

The compounds escape from treated plastic and fabrics in dust particles or as gases that cling to dust.

Many still cling to the god delusion, primarily for the latter reason and for cultural reasons.

The ambush predators typically cling to the undersides of leaves and wait for unfortunate insects to land above.

Darwin made a scientific observation which is a fiction that evolutionists cling to.

Slowly they have transformed the crumbling temple into a complex of pagodas that appears to cling to the steep mountainside.

You, on the other hand, cling to your beliefs regardless of the evidence against them.

Most new infants can cling to the mother's chest and belly without help for long periods of time.

Their ramshackle houses cling to a sliver of land along a lake in a vast caldera.

Toxic chemicals may cling to algae, which are eaten by insects or fish, which are then eaten by larger fish or people.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a clingstone.

Origin:
1835–45; by shortening from clingstone, or special use of cling¹ (noun)

Link To cling

Collins

World English Dictionary

cling (klɪŋ)

—vb , clings, clinging, clung
1.	(often foll by to) to hold fast or adhere closely (to something), as by gripping or sticking
2.	(foll by together) to remain in contact (with each other)
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 clench]

'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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