Meaning

3 senses

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to.

  2. (broadly)To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone).

  3. (broadly, figuratively)To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of.

More definitions
  • hold firmly, usually with one's hands

Examples

82 sentences

  1. My wet clothes clung to my body.

    Мій мокрий одяг липув до тіла. — uaspeaker

    ruМоя мокрая одежда липла к телу. — Hellerick

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  2. The mud clung to his shoes.

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  3. She was clinging to her father.

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  4. You can't cling to the past.

    ruНельзя цепляться за прошлое. — marafon

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  5. That child was clinging to his mother.

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Forms

clings to, clinging to, clung to, clung to
Base formcling to · to cling to
3rd person singularclings to
Present participleclinging to
Past simpleclung to
Past participleclung to

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycling to
he, she, itclings to

Past simpleLesson

all personsclung to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clung to
he, she, ithas clung to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cling to

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clinchC2clingclinicB1clinicalC1
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