Meaning

1 senses

  1. Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.

Examples

94 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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Origin

Imitative; compare clink, clang.

Imitative; compare clink, clang.

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Collocations

4 patterns
  • clinging to the
  • still clinging to
  • are still clinging
  • still clinging

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
climberB1climeclinchC2clinicB1clinicalC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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