cling
noun
1 cling
Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
synonym: clingstone.
verb
1 cling
Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation:
— The dress clings to her body.
synonyms: adhere, cleave, cohere, stick.
Roget 46: cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round ... show more
Dutch: vasthouden, klampen, klemmen, kleven, klitten, pakken, plakken
2 cling
To remain emotionally or intellectually attached.
3 cling
Hold on tightly or tenaciously.
synonym: hang.
Moby thesaurus: accretion, adhere, adhere to, adherence, adhesion, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutination, attach, bear hug, bite, bond, bunch, cherish, clamp, clasp, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch ... show more.
clinging
Moby thesaurus: adhering, adhesion, agglutinate, bond, cleaving, cling, coherence, coherent, cohering, cohesion, cohesive, grasping, gripping, holding, holding together, keeping, retentive, sticking, stuck, tenacious.
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