Cling Definition

klĭng
clinging, clings, clung
verb
clinging, clings, clung
To hold fast by or as by embracing, entwining, or sticking; adhere.
Webster's New World
To be or stay near, as if holding fast.
Webster's New World
To remain close; resist separation.
We clung together in the storm.
American Heritage
To be emotionally attached.
Webster's New World
To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
Wiktionary
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noun
clings
A clingstone fruit.
American Heritage

Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.

Wiktionary

Adherence; attachment; devotion.

Wiktionary
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adjective

Clingstone.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cling

Noun

Singular:
cling
Plural:
clings

Origin of Cling

  • From Old English clingan (“to adhere”); akin to Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English clingen from Old English clingan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cling Sentence Examples

  • Don't cling to the first thing you see.

  • She patted the statue, feeling the magic cling to her as she rose.

  • It all happened so fast that she didn't have time to think, only to cling to the one solid thing she could find - Cade.

  • They cling with almost equal attachment to their local customs and their religious superstitions.

  • Something as small as a piece of hair or a tooth—anything that the soul of the dead immortal might still cling to.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLI

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With C and Ending With G

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