cling
Fruit whose flesh adheres strongly to the pitFruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» My wet clothes clung to my body.
Моя мокрая одежда липла к телу. — Hellerick
Мій мокрий одяг липув до тіла. — uaspeaker
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
(countable, uncountable)Adherence; attachment; devotion.
(countable, uncountable)An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
Examples
94 sentencesOrigin
From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West GermaFrom Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.
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Forms
plural: clingsSynonyms
2 synonyms- fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit:clingstone
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- clinging to the
- still clinging to
- are still clinging
- still clinging
See also
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