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cling🔊

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.

📑 Synonyms: cling-on

(hold tightly)To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

📑 Synonyms: clinch grip Thesaurus:grasp

To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.

📑 Synonyms: cleave stick Thesaurus:adhere

To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.

📑 Synonyms: cleave stick Thesaurus:adhere

To cause to dry up or wither.

To dry up or wither.

(with preposition ''to'') To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.

To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.

{{ng|Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.}}