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Adjective
/ˈkliNGiNG/,
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(of a garment) Fitting closely to the body and showing its shape,
  1. (of a garment) Fitting closely to the body and showing its shape
    • - she was wearing a clinging black dress
  2. Overly dependent on someone emotionally
    • - she wasn't the clinging type
  1. (cling) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
  2. (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"
  3. (cling) to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
  4. (cling) hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
  5. Upādāna is a word used in both Buddhism and Hinduism. *In Buddhism, upādāna is a critical link in the arising of suffering. *In Hinduism, upādāna is the material manifestation of Brahman.
  6. (Cling) A very mild form of blocking where the plies can be easily separated without visible damage to either surface.
  7. (Cling) The characteristic of a pallet stretch wrap film to cling to itself (but not the products it is wrapping). Tackifiers are added to film during the manufacturing process to enhance a film’s cling.
  8. (Cling) describes how well the froth holds on the side of a beer glass. A beer is said to have good cling when beads and bubbles of froth hold on to the glass as it is emptied.
  9. (Cling) v.  Hanging around in hands you shouldn't, always hoping to get lucky.
  10. (cling) chime, clang, clink, toll of bell
  11. (cling) hold fast/adhere (grasp/stick/entwine/embrace), stay/remain close/near, resist (separation), persist, hold stubbornly, maintain (grasp)
  12. (cling) to continue to have emotional or intellectual attachment to something or someone.
  13. (cling) to hang onto something very tightly
  14. Cling provides the sticking to self but not to the product attribute. Films will be designed as a single side cling or a two sided cling. The cling bonding agent is typically added in as a single side or two sided layer in the co-extrusion process.
  15. We cling to all kinds of idols, relationships and beliefs in order to shore up our deep fears about our separation from God and the Sonship. Most of us cling to the past not only through nostalgia (our childhood home; see W-pI.182. ...
  16. ’dzin pa. Also means “to have a belief”: thus “ego clinging” can also be interpreted as “believing in an ‘I’.”