Definitions for clings

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clings cling

Spelling: [kling]

IPA: /klɪŋ/

Clings is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in clings (cgilns).

Definitions for clings

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 clings

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

Examples for clings

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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