Cling

Quick meaning: Cling is a noun meaning Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

Seaweed clung to the anchor.

a more tenacious cling to worldly reſpects,

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

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

Word Forms

• clings
• clinging
• clinged

Synonyms for cling

Depending on context, synonyms include cling-on, clinch, grip, beclasp, begrasp, begrip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clingstone, stick, adhere, hang, cohere, grab.

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