Definition of cling

"cling" in the noun sense

1. cling, clingstone

fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

"cling" in the verb sense

1. cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere

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"

2. cling

to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

"He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

3. cling, hang

hold on tightly or tenaciously

"hang on to your father's hands"

"The child clung to his mother's apron"

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Quotations for cling

How cling we to a thing our hearts have nursed. [ Mrs. C. H. W. Esling ]

The loveliest flowers the closest cling to earth,
And they first feel the sun: so violets blue;
So the soft star-like primrose - drenched in dew -
The happiest of spring's happy, fragrant birth. [ Keble ]

Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers! [ Schiller ]

Let a broken man cling to his work. If it saves nothing else, it will save him. [ Beecher ]

God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling. [ J. G. Holland ]

We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God. [ Thackeray ]

Let us cling to our principles as the mariner clings to his last plank when night and tempest close around him. [ Adam Woolever ]

If you keep Nature faithfully in view, the example of every thorough master will be of service to you; but if you merely cling to human work, all that you do will be but mannerism. [ Geibel ]

cling in Scrabble®

The word cling is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters cling:

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cling in Words With Friends™

The word cling is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters cling:

CLING
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The 79 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In cling

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Words within the letters of cling

2 letter words in cling (1 word)

3 letter words in cling (2 words)

5 letter words in cling (1 word)

cling + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving cling

Shorter words in cling

in

Longer words containing cling

chronicling

circling encircling encirclings

circling recircling

clinger clingers

clingfilm clingfilms

clingfish clingfishes

clingier

clingiest

clinginess

clinging unclinging

clings clingstone clingstones

clings encirclings

clings recyclings

clingy

cycling bicycling motorbicycling

cycling endocycling

cycling exercycling

cycling fieldcycling

cycling hydrocycling

cycling monocycling

cycling motorcycling

cycling noncycling

cycling quadricycling

cycling recycling recyclings

cycling tricycling

cycling unicycling

manacling immanacling

manacling unmanacling

muscling outmuscling

noncling

uncling unclinging