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You can make 11 words from cling according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cling

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Definitions and meaning of cling

cling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.

Noun

cling (countable and uncountable, plural clings)

1. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
2. adherence; attachment; devotion
3. An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.

   Synonym: cling-on

Derived terms

• cling peach
• clingstone

Verb

cling (third-person singular simple present clings, present participle clinging, simple past and past participle clung or (nonstandard) clinged or (obsolete) clong)

2. To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

   Synonyms: clinch, grip; see also Thesaurus:grasp

   • 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]

     Cartoonish, wide-eyed infants cling to their mothers or play together low to the ground.

3. To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.

   Synonyms: cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere

4. (transitive) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.

   Synonyms: cleave, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
5. (transitive) To cause to dry up or wither.
6. (intransitive) To dry up or wither.

7. (figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.

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References

• “cling”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “cling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Notes:

Etymology 2

Imitative; compare clink, clang.

Verb

cling (third-person singular simple present clings, present participle clinging, simple past and past participle clinged)

1. To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.

Interjection

cling

1. Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.

Middle English

Verb

cling

1. Alternative form of clingen

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

cling

1. clink