Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
2. Adherence; attachment; devotion.
3. An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
4. To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
5. To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
6. (transitive) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
7. (transitive) To cause to dry up or wither.
8. (intransitive) To dry up or wither.

Example Sentences

Antelope steaks and fried liver to begin on, and venison cutlets with chili con carne and pineapple fritters, and then some sardines and mixed pickles; and top it off with a can of yellow clings and a bottle of beer.

a more tenacious cling to worldly reſpects,

You can make window clings by using thin transparency sheets, school glue, food coloring, and templates.

Seaweed clung to the anchor.

2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ Cartoonish, wide-eyed infants cling to their mothers or play together low to the ground.

And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus?

Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.

I[…] clung my legs as close to his sides as I could.

Word Forms

• clings
• clinging
• clung
• clinged
• clong

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Use cling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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