cling
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Synonyms: fling, clang, clink, ching, cline, sling, clung, cuing, pling, ling, bling
Antonyms: fling, clang, clink, ching, cline, sling, clung, cuing, pling, ling, bling
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Noun
- Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
- Adherence; attachment; devotion.
- An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
Verb
- To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.
- Seaweed clung to the anchor.
- To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
- To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
- To cause to dry up or wither.
- To dry up or wither.
- Wood clings.
- To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.
Verb
- To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
Interjection
- Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.
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