Definitions for cling

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Spelling: [kling]

IPA: /klɪŋ/

Cling is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in cling (cgiln).

Definitions for cling

noun

1. the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
2. a clingstone.

verb (used without object)

1. to adhere closely; stick to:
2. to hold tight, as by grasping or embracing; cleave:
3. to be or remain close:
4. to remain attached, as to an idea, hope, memory, etc.:
5. to cohere.

Origin of cling

before 900; Middle English clingen, Old English clingan to stick together, shrink, wither; akin to clench

Examples for cling

Democrats cling to only to handful of redoubts, often districts gerrymandered by Republican legislatures to be majority black.

Yet instead of disbelieving that the facts will set us free, we cling to them as if they were spoils of war.

She didn't seem willin' to have me go; she seemed to cling to me.

If we cling not to Him, our names to that document will be but as dust.

The sharply tailored blazer and weighty jewelry that cling to her body hints at the dominant personality she possesses.

Without Dawn and her desperate need to cling to power, the evil place falls apart.

She must have something to which she could cling if it were nothing more than a familiar routine.

I cling for a second to what is, and then I fling myself headlong into what is to be.

But the fact of the matter is the equal protection they cling to is not the reality.

Their skin does not cling so closely as the skin of oranges.