Clings Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Clings

adheres
To stick fast; stay attached
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coheres
To stick or hold together in a mass that resists separation.
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sticks
(Intransitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
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cleaves
To adhere, cling, or stick fast.
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hangs
To attach to a wall:
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hugs
(Figuratively) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.
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trusts
Trust is defined as to have confidence, faith or hope in someone or something.
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perseveres
To persevere is to stick with something, even if it becomes difficult.
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maintains
To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency:
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lingers
To linger is defined as to stay somewhere or to take a long time to do something.
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lasts
To mold or shape on a last.
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holds
To organise an event or meeting.
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fastens
To join (one thing to another); attach; connect
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embraces
To clasp or hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection.
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depends
​To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; — with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
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clinches
To fix or secure (a nail or bolt, for example) by bending down or flattening the pointed end that protrudes.
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clasps
To hold in a tight embrace.
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cherishes
To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
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Antonyms for Clings

unfastens
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie; figuratively, to detach from any connecting link or agency; to disconnect.
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detaches
To separate or unfasten; disconnect:
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Words Related to Clings

connects
To establish a rapport or relationship; relate:
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Clings Sentence Examples

  • In small flowers which are crowded at the same level or in flat flowers in which the stigmas and anthers project but little, slugs or snails creeping over their surface may transfer to the stigma the pollen which clings to the slimy foot.

  • The educated bourgeoisie, which controls the fields of politics, science, finance, administration, art and literature, does not trouble itself about that great spiritual universal monarchy which Rome, as heir of the Caesars, claimed for the Vatican, and to which the Curia of to-day still clings.

  • In the Eastern Alps the longest glacier is the Pasterze (rather over 64 m.), which is not near the true main watershed, though it clings to the slope of the Greater Tauern range, east of the Dreiherrenspitze.

  • The Danes were specially renowned for their axes; but about the sword the most of northern poetry and mythology clings.

  • The interest of the narratives clings around north Judah and Benjamin, and more attention is given to the rise of the Judaean dynasty, the hostility of Saul, and the romantic friendship between his son Jonathan and the young David of Bethlehem.

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