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clings to

clings to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cling to.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about clings to

What is clings to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clings to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cling to.

Words near clings to in the dictionary

  1. Clingman
  2. Clingmans
  3. Clingmans Dome
  4. clings
  5. clings on
  6. clings to
  7. clings to the skirts of
  8. clingsome
  9. clingstone
  10. clingstone peach
  11. clingstone peaches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clings to (page history and authors); cling to (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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