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Meaning of cling

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cling
      n 1: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to
           the pit [syn: {cling}, {clingstone}]
      v 1: 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"
           [syn: {cling}, {cleave}, {adhere}, {stick}, {cohere}]
      2: to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings
         to the idea that she might still love him."
      3: hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's
         hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" [syn:
         {cling}, {hang}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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