Crossword clues for clung
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clung \Clung\, imp. & p. p. of Cling.
Cling \Cling\ (kl[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clung (kl[u^]ng), Clong (kl[o^]ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinging.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. Clump.] To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.
And what hath life for thee
That thou shouldst cling to it thus?
--Mrs. Hemans.
Clung \Clung\, a. [Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See Cling, v. i.] Wasted away; shrunken. [Obs.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English clungen, past tense and past participle of cling.
Wiktionary
(context obsolete English) waste away; shrunken v
1 (en-simple past of: cling) 2 (past participle of cling English)
WordNet
See cling
n. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit [syn: clingstone]
[also: clung]
v. 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: cleave, adhere, stick, 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" [syn: hang]
[also: clung]
Usage examples of "clung".
Norvan fortress of Hanging Man clung to the edge of a cliff, one sheer face turned toward the churning river below.
Jitendra barely clung to life, but the infant inside her belly fought to escape.
Her skin was perfect, vibrant and glowing with health, and her skirt clung to her in the breeze, revealing her alluring shape.
Teku clung to his shoulder as he maneuvered out of the conservatory, through the carpeted hallway, back past the ornate domed room, and finally toward the scullery where Freen and the two chambermaids were finishing up.
The fortress itself clung to a mountainside, one sheer face of it turned to the tumultuous river below.
He clung to the wall of the staircase, his nails digging between the bricks to keep from falling.
The smell of it always clung to them, a faint miasma of dried blood, musk, and cold hair.
She was stripped to her shift, the muslin so wet with sweat that I could see not only the dark rounds of her areolae, but even the tiny bulge of her popped-out navel, where the cloth clung to the massive curves of her belly.
My body jerked and quivered with each blow, skidding on the leaf-strewn ground, and I clung to the sense of the ground below me, trying so hard to sink down, be swallowed by the earth.
He splashed into it without hesitation, splintering the skin of ice that clung to the banks, feeling the cold bite into his legs and feet as it soaked his leggings and filled his moccasins.
The cloth had dried to the shape of his body, square-rumped and solid, the breadth of his small, tender shoulders echoing the wide set of the older, firmer ones he clung to.
It was easily in the nineties, in terms both of temperature and humidity, and my thin petticoats clung soddenly to my lower limbs.
I stared at it, seeing the veins in its glassy wings, the dust of yellow pollen that clung to the minuscule hairs of its legs and abdomen, the gentle pulsing of its body as it breathed.
Her belly hung like a ripe guava, pale in the sweat-soaked shift that clung to it.
The linen of his shirt was crumpled, and clung damply to his chest and shoulders.