Word Finder - clinging

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To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

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Seaweed clung to the anchor.

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

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To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.

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To cause to dry up or wither.

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To dry up or wither.

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Wood clings.

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(with preposition to) to be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on

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

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The act of one who clings.

She wiped away the pine needles clinging to her clothes.

The girl giggled, clinging tighter to his arm.

She gasped, clinging desperately to the whip.

Taran accepted it, once again unsettled by the darkness clinging to the book.

They all raised their heads to listen, and out of the forest into the bright firelight stepped two strangely clad human figures clinging to one another.

The window overlooked the neighboring mountain, coated in white with clouds clinging to its peak.

You think I'm a regular clinging vine, don't you?

The frightened fox scampered away as fast as it could; and Aristomenes followed, clinging to its tail.

For garden purposes loam should be rather unctuous or soapy to the touch when moderately dry, not too clinging nor adhesive, and should readily crumble when a compressed handful is thrown on the ground.

When Len walked in, she was on her knees, clinging to the stool.

Brandon was all but clinging to his cousin, whose gray eyes were taking in the group uneasily.

It is exceedingly picturesque, the villages clinging to the sides of the mountain glens from which water is drawn for irrigation; and excellent fruit is grown.

In the European species of Sitaris and Meloe these little larvae have the instinct of clinging to any hairy object.

Clinging to her hairs they are carried to the nest, where they bore into the body of a bee or wasp larva, and after a moult become soft-skinned legless maggots.

Reinach (Revue archeologique, 1903), Tantalus was represented in a picture standing in a lake and clinging to the branches of a tree, which gave rise to the idea that he was endeavouring to pluck its fruit.

A carload of drovers, too, in the midst, on a level with their droves now, their vocation gone, but still clinging to their useless sticks as their badge of office.

Some of the horses were drowned and some of the men; the others tried to swim on, some in the saddle and some clinging to their horses' manes.

I woke to sunlight and my wife clinging to me with an intensity that hurt.

In a moment she was clinging to him, rewarding his hungry kisses with promises she didn't intend to keep.

Princess followed Ed up the steep trail with an eager stride that kept Carmen clinging to the saddle horn.

Once they came near to the enclosed Garden of the Clinging Vines, and walking high into the air looked down upon it with much interest.

A camisole can create a smooth appearance under your clothing and prevent your clothes from clinging to your body.

Worn underneath tops, dresses and other garments, slips smooth out bulges, project sleeker images, and prevent clothes from clinging.

The beauty of wearing clothing constructed of stretchy textiles, particularly for full-figured women, is that it moves with the body and caresses every curve to create a sensual, sexy look without clingingto unsightly bulges.

Anxiety, demonstrated by crying, clinging, and turning away from the stranger, is revealed when separation occurs.

Vinegar and other acidic substances are used to neutralize jellyfish nematocysts still clinging to the skin, which are then scraped off.

Very often, these children show signs of anxiety, such as difficulty separating from parents, moodiness, clinging behavior, inflexibility, sleep problems, frequent tantrums and crying, and extreme shyness starting in infancy.

They can also regress to behaviors such as thumb sucking, bed wetting, temper tantrums, and clinging to a favorite blanket or toy.

Their claws are adapted for clinging to hair or clothing.

In turn the infant responds with snuggling, babbling, smiling, sucking, and clinging.

The shorts dry easier than most swimsuits and do so without clinging.

If you don't want all eyes on your midriff, a tankini with an A-line top will flare out and away from your body instead of clinging to your middle.

Atlee was swept away and later confirmed dead, but Petra managed to survive the ordeal by clinging to a palm tree for over eight hours.

The image of the frog clinging gently to the skin by itself, or hiding in the branches of a larger tree tattoo is sure to make you smile.

For the best illusion of the frog gently clinging to you, include some dropped shadow below one side of the frog.

Other wall clinging varieties grow in patches on the pool's sides and bottom and can cover these areas entirely.

If your pool has clinging algae brush any areas on the sides and bottom of the pool that have visible algae growth.

Aggressive brushing is necessary to loosen and remove the clinging organisms.

First, if there is loose rust clinging to your carpet fibers you will want to remove it before applying any type of cleaning solution.

The simplest method of cleaning is to use a long-handled wire scrub brush to scrape off any particles of food to still clinging to the grill.

There simply isn't enough fabric to work with to create the necessary shaping and tension at the joints to keep the stockings firmly clinging to the flesh as it moves.

Is it possible to find underwear that stays undetectable under clinging clothing?

Oasis demonstrated that same desire to abandon the industrial claws of Manchester and explore their potential, whilst clinging intensely to their northern identities.

His mind, in spite of its clinging to the outward forms of the old faith, was intensely secular; and he was as devoid of a moral sense as he was of a genuine religious temperament.

In brief, the five aggregates of clinging (that is, the conditions of individuality) are painful.

It is situated on the shore of the Hallstatter-see and at the foot of the Hallstatter Salzberg, and is built in amphitheatre with its houses clinging to the mountain side.

This has only been possible owing to the temper of the Oriental mind which, while clinging tenaciously to its rites, values dogma only in so far as it is expressed in rites.

To escape from these preoccupations and prejudices except upon the path of conscious and deliberate sin was impossible for all but minds of rarest quality and courage; and these were too often reduced to the recantation of their supposed errors no less by some secret clinging sense of guilt than by the church's iron hand.

Sickness is suffering, so is death, so is union with the unloved, and separation from the loved; not to obtain what one desires is suffering; the entire fivefold clinging to the earthly is suffering.

Indeed, as the history of the higher religions shows, religion tends in the end to break away from secular government with its aristocratic traditions, and to revert to the more democratic spirit of the primitive age, having by now obtained a clearer consciousness of its purpose, yet nevertheless clinging to the inveterate forms of human ritual as still adequate to symbolize the consecration of life - the quickening of the will to face life earnestly.