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Meanings of cling in English

Portuguese
colar
Catalan
adherir

To come or be in close contact with; to stick or hold together and resist separation.

        colar
        Spanish
        variedad clingstone

        Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.

              variedad clingstone
              Portuguese
              agarrar
              Spanish
              asirse

              Hold on tightly or tenaciously.

                    agarrar
                    Usage of cling in English
                    1
                    I shall be going home soon, and must cling to that thought.
                    The Asylum
                    2
                    This has worrying implications for regimes that hope to cling to power.
                    The South African
                    3
                    We should neither cling to the New Labour label nor condemn it.
                    The Guardian
                    4
                    With the oil find, Museveni now has reason to cling onto power.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    It cannot cling to glass; it must plant its feet in imperfections.
                    Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays
                    6
                    Protesters have accused the military of seeking to cling on to power.
                    Reuters
                    7
                    Cover with cling film and let the fish rest for several hours.
                    Radio NZ
                    8
                    If confirmed, the defection would undermine Gaddafi's efforts to cling to power.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    Just look at how other animal mothers cling tightly to their newborns.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    They could no longer cling to spurious claims about how education corrupts.
                    The Guardian
                    11
                    The two sleepers had woke in time to cling to the mast.
                    O. T., A Danish Romance
                    12
                    But you are wrong; it is useless to cling to the past.
                    Childhood's End
                    13
                    Right about now, it was all he had left to cling to.
                    Wrangling the redhead
                    14
                    Cover with cling fi lm and refrigerate for 30 minutes or overnight.
                    The Irish Times
                    15
                    We work for our place, and we do not have to cling.
                    Rogues
                    16
                    But his critics accused him of trying to cling on to power.
                    Reuters
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                    Cling through the time
                    Cling across language varieties
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                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
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                    Common
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