Cling - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |klɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word cling
Brit.  |klɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word cling
irregular verb:  p.t. — clung  p.p. — clung

noun

- fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit (syn: clingstone)

verb

- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation (syn: adhere, cleave, cohere, stick)
The dress clings to her body
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
He clings to the idea that she might still love him.
- hold on tightly or tenaciously (syn: hang)

Extra examples

The children clung together under the little umbrella waiting for the storm to pass.

...a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator...

...for certain types of materials that plastic wrap has very little cling...

The climber had to cling onto the cliff.

The child clung onto its mother.

This material clings to the skin.

The chairman has always clung onto old-fashioned ideas.

She clung to the hope that her son was not dead.

The odour clung to the room for hours.

Their phrases clung to his memory.

He wailed and clung to his mother.

Passengers clung desperately onto the lifeboats.

His wet shirt clung to his body.

The smell of cigarette smoke clung to her clothes.

Some children tend to cling on their first day at school.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: cling
he/she/it: clings
present participle: clinging
past tense: clung
past participle: clung
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