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cling
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- pronunciation:
- klIng
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
clings, clinging, clung |
| definition 1: |
to stick or attach closely.
Cat fur clung to her sweater.This new plastic wrap really clings to the bowl.- synonyms:
- adhere, cleave, stick
- similar words:
- fasten, hold
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| definition 2: |
to hold onto someone or something tightly.
Lost in the snowy wilderness, they clung to each other for warmth.Terrified, she clung to her father's hand.- similar words:
- clinch, embrace, hang on, hug
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| definition 3: |
to refuse to relinquish.
He clung to his memories.- similar words:
- adhere, cleave, hold
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| related words: |
cement, cohere, stick |
adverb + (v.)cling
barely, still
(v.)cling
+ adverb
desperately, fiercely, precariously, stubbornly, tenaciously, tenuously, tight, tightly, upside
(v.)cling
+ noun
arm,
bark,
belief,
body,
bottom,
branch,
cheek,
chest,
cliff,
clothes,
clothing,
curve,
custom,
doll,
dream,
edge,
faith,
fantasy,
fence,
forehead,
fur,
grip,
gun,
hillside,
hip,
hope,
ideal,
illusion,
jacket,
ladder,
lead,
ledge,
leg,
limb,
monkey,
myth,
neck,
notion,
past,
peach,
pole,
raft,
rail,
railing,
religion,
ridge,
rim,
robe,
rock,
root,
rope,
rung,
saddle,
shoulder,
shred,
skin,
skirt,
slope,
strap,
thigh,
thread,
tree,
trunk,
tube,
underside,
vine,
waist,
wall,
weed,
wrap,
wreckage
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| derivations: |
clingy (adj.), clingingly (adv.), clinger (n.), clinginess (n.) |
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