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    • cling :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

    • cling :to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
      • He clings to the idea that she might still love him.

    • cling :hold on tightly or tenaciously
      • hang on to your father's hands|The child clung to his mother's apron

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

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