To cling is to tightly grasp something or to stick closely to something, like how wet clothes cling to the wearer.
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing;
Noun
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
Verb
hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father''s hands"; "The child clung to his mother''s apron"
Verb
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
Verb
to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
v. i.
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by
twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its
support; -- usually followed by to or together.
v. t.
To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or
embracing.
v. t.
To make to dry up or wither.
n.
Adherence; attachment; devotion.
Cling
And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus?
Cling
I clung legs as close to his side as I could.2.
If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Till famine cling thee.
Cling
A more tenacious cling to worldly respects.
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing;
To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embraching.
Adherence; attachment; devotion.
Usage Examples
It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And anything in between that can give us the illusion that we're not, we cling to.'
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties.
Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.
One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors know each other and cling to each other for safety and support, and it's really a completely different vibe than the men experience out here, where they're all trying to murder each other.
Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in exact and priggish argument.
Fanatics do not have faith - they have belief. With faith you let go. You trust. Whereas with belief you cling.
Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.
Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.
Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.
And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.
It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
I love it when the left and when the president say, 'Don't try to impose your values on us, you folks who hold your Bibles in your hand and cling to your guns.' They have values too. Our values are based on religion, based on life. Their values are based on a religion of self.
In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain doesn't see the point in climbing upwards. Your brain will tell you to keep as low as possible, to cling to the wall and not get any higher. You have to have your brain persuading your body to do the right movements.
It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out-and come back for more.
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