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cling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clingstone |
| Type of | edible fruit |
Examples of cling
cling
Adapt to consumers'changing behavior rather than try to cling to the status quo.
From the businessweek.com
You feel sticky and your clothes cling to your back when you get out of the car.
From the abcnews.go.com
Their using you and your dad and everyone else so they can cling to their power.
From the forbes.com
Some believe it is an attempt to rid themselves of parasites that cling to them.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Cover with cling wrap and leave overnight in the fridge or at least for an hour.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Ask her to invite another friend she can cling to while you're busy socializing.
From the dispatch.com
They cling to their current position, hoping to be noticed the next time around.
From the businessweek.com
They are more likely than couples to cling to their children once they are gone.
From the courier-journal.com
Clematis, trumpet vine and honeysuckle cling to archways dividing the courtyard.
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- Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
- 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"
- To remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
- Hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- Upu0101du0101na is a Vedic Sanskrit and Pali word that means "fuel, material cause, substrate that is the source and means for keeping an active process energized". It is also an important Buddhist concept referring to "attachment, clinging, grasping". It is considered to be the result of Tau1E47hu0101 (craving), and is part of the Dukkha (suffering, pain) doctrine in Buddhism.
- CLED agar (cysteine lactose electrolyte medium) is a valuable non-inhibitory growth medium used in the isolation and differentiation of urinary organisms. Being electrolyte deficient, it prevents the swarming of Proteus species. ...
- Describes how well the froth holds on the side of a beer glass. A beer is said to have good cling when beads and bubbles of froth hold on to the glass as it is emptied.
- To continue to have emotional or intellectual attachment to something or someone.
- Cling provides the sticking to self but not to the product attribute. Films will be designed as a single side cling or a two sided cling. The cling bonding agent is typically added in as a single side or two sided layer in the co-extrusion process.
