cling
IPA: kɫˈɪŋ
noun
- Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
- adherence; attachment; devotion
- An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
verb
- To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
- To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
- (transitive) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
- (transitive) To cause to dry up or wither.
- (intransitive) To dry up or wither.
- (figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.
- To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
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Examples of "cling" in Sentences
- They cling tightly together.
- Hence he clings to them deeply and fanatically.
- The males cling to plant stems during the night.
- The olive is clingstone the stone clings to the flesh.
- Most of the people live in poverty and cling to religion.
- The olive is freestone the stone does not cling to the flesh.
- It is to cling to the cross as the only hope of everlasting life.
- Enough of it will cling to the glass to impart the desired flavor.
- Both cling to an ethos riddled with perplexities and contradictions.
- Postlarvae would then cling to the object for the duration of the experiment.