Cling

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  • intransitive verb. To hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining.
  • intransitive verb. To remain close; resist separation.
  • intransitive verb. To remain emotionally attached; hold on.
  • noun. A clingstone fruit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A dysentery or bloody flux of sheep: a frequently fatal inflammation of the large intestine of sheep, accompanied with fever and fluid discharges from the bowels.
  • noun. In horticulture, a peach, nectarine, or apricot in which the flesh adheres strongly to the stone; a clingstone.
  • noun. Adherence; attachment; the act of holding fast; embrace.
  • noun. A bunch; a cluster; an aggregation of several things that cling together.
  • To adhere closely; be attached; stick: as, a wet garment clings to the limbs.
  • To hold fast, especially by the hands or by coiling round or embracing, or, figuratively, by refusing to abandon or give up.
  • To rush with violence.
  • To wither; shrivel.
  • To cause to adhere closely; apply firmly and closely.
  • To consume; waste to leanness; shrivel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Adherence; attachment; devotion.
  • intransitive verb. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; ; -- usually followed by to or together.
  • transitive verb. To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
  • transitive verb. To make to dry up or wither.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
  • noun. adherence; attachment; devotion
  • verb. To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
  • verb. To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
  • verb. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
  • verb. to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
  • verb. hold on tightly or tenaciously
  • Word Usage
    "And all the while from ahead, close by the moving lanthorn, came the musical _cling, cling, cling, cling_ of the mules 'bell, with the low muttering sound made by the doctor and Griggs as they entered into a conversation about the state of the country into which they were penetrating."
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