cling n : fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit [syn: clingstone]

1 come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn: cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]

2 to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

3 hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" [syn: hang] [also: clung]

English

Pronunciation

• /'kliɳ/

  Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

1. To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

   Seaweed clung to the anchor.

2. To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.

Derived terms

• cling film / clingfilm

Translations

• Dutch: klampen
• Finnish: takertua, tarrautua
• Galician: soster, agarrar or suxeitar
• Indonesian: menyangkut, menyangkutkan, bergantung, menggantung, menggantungkan
• Italian: aggrapparsi
• Japanese: 掛ける (かける, kakeru), ぶら下がる (ぶらさがる, burasagaru), ぶら下げる (ぶらさげる, burasageru)
• Spanish: sostener, aferrarse or sujetar

References

Cling may refer to:

• "Cling," a song by Days of the New from their 1997 album Days of the New (also known as the "Orange album")
• Static cling, a natural phenomenon when things stick together caused by static electricity, usually due to rubbing as in a clothes dryer (the Triboelectric effect
• Clinging, the English translation of Upādāna, a word used in both Buddhism and Hinduism.
• Johnny Cling, a common misspelling of Johnny Kling (1875-1947), a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Rustlers & Braves and Cincinnati Reds
• Cling film or cling wrap, alternate terms for plastic wrap, a thin polymer material, roughly 0.004" to 0.006" (0.11 to 0.15mm) thick, typically used for sealing food items in containers to keep them fresh

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