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cling to

cling to verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to.

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to.
  2. (broadly) To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone).
  3. (broadly, figuratively) To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of.

cling to meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Sanskrit

cling to in Hindi

to cling to, hang on, embrace, hold fast
चिमटना cimaṭnā

cling to in Tamil

தொடர், பிடி

cling to in Sanskrit

to cling to
श्लिष्यति ślíṣyati, व्यध् vyadh

Forms of cling to

third-person singular presentclings to
present participleclinging to
past participleclung to
pastclung to

Questions about cling to

What does cling to mean?
Cling to means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to.
What is cling to in Hindi?
Cling to in Hindi is चिमटना (cimaṭnā). See Cling to meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cling to?
Cling to is a verb.
What is the past tense of cling to?
The past tense of cling to is clung to.

Words near cling to in the dictionary

  1. cling film
  2. cling films
  3. cling on
  4. cling peach
  5. cling peaches
  6. cling to
  7. cling to the skirts of
  8. cling wrap
  9. cling wraps
  10. cling-on
  11. cling-ons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cling to (page history and authors); चिमटना (Hindi) (page history and authors); cling to (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); व्यध् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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