Clinging

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cling \Cling\ (kl[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clung}
     (kl[u^]ng), {Clong} (kl[o^]ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Clinging}.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan.
     klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. {Clump}.]
     To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by
     twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings


     to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.
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           And what hath life for thee
           That thou shouldst cling to it thus?     --Mrs. Hemans.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "clinging":
     adhering, adhesion, agglutinate, bond, cleaving, cling, coherence,
     coherent, cohering, cohesion, cohesive, grasping, gripping,
     holding, holding together, keeping, retentive, sticking, stuck,
     tenacious