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(cling) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to hold on tightly to something.

Example Sentence

The socks cling together. OR They cling to an impossible dream.

More Example Sentences

He will cling to the rope tightly.

Synonyms

stick; hold; attach

Antonyms

release; let go; drop

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Rhymes

  • bing
  • bring
  • ching
  • cling
  • ding
  • dring
  • fling
  • ging
  • gring
  • hing
  • ing
  • jing
  • king
  • kling
  • kring
  • ling
  • lyng
  • ming
  • ng
  • ning
  • ping
  • pring
  • qing
  • ring
  • ringe
  • schwing
  • shing
  • sing
  • singh
  • sling
  • spring
  • sting
  • string
  • swing
  • thing
  • thwing
  • ting
  • wing
  • wring
  • xing
  • ying
  • zing

  • beijing
  • chang-ming
  • chongqing
  • kwok-shing
  • mei-ling
  • peking
  • qingming
  • unring
  • upswing
  • xiaoping
  • yenching
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