clung in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for clung in the English»French Dictionary

clung [Brit klʌŋ, Am kləŋ] pret pp

clung → cling

See also cling

cling <pret, pp clung> [Brit klɪŋ, Am klɪŋ] VB intr

1. cling (physically):

to cling to person, rail, raft etc

se cramponner à

to cling together

se cramponner l'un à l'autre

to cling on to sth for dear life

se cramponner de toutes ses forces à qc

2. cling (emotionally):

to cling to parent, beliefs, myth, hope, habit, lifestyle, power

se cramponner à

he clings to me all the time

c'est un vrai crampon

she clings to people for support

elle s'appuie sur les autres

3. cling (adhere):

cling leaf, moss:

coller (to à)

cling smell:

résister

the road clung to the mountain

la route s'accrochait au flanc de la montagne

cling <pret, pp clung> [Brit klɪŋ, Am klɪŋ] VB intr

1. cling (physically):

to cling to person, rail, raft etc

se cramponner à

to cling together

se cramponner l'un à l'autre

to cling on to sth for dear life

se cramponner de toutes ses forces à qc

2. cling (emotionally):

to cling to parent, beliefs, myth, hope, habit, lifestyle, power

se cramponner à

he clings to me all the time

c'est un vrai crampon

she clings to people for support

elle s'appuie sur les autres

3. cling (adhere):

cling leaf, moss:

coller (to à)

cling smell:

résister

the road clung to the mountain

la route s'accrochait au flanc de la montagne

cling film [Brit ˈklɪŋ fɪlm, Am ˈklɪŋ ˌfɪlm] N Brit

cling film

scellofrais ® m

cling on VB [Brit klɪŋ -, Am klɪŋ -]

cling on custom, myth:

cling on

survivre obstinément

to cling on to sth

se cramponner à qc

cling peaches Brit, clingstone peaches Am N npl

cling peaches

pêches fpl jaunes

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to cling like a limpet

être une vraie sangsue inf

to cling to sb like a leech

coller qn comme une sangsue inf

grimly pursue, continue, cling

avec acharnement

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cramponner

to cling to

se cramponner à qc/qn lit, fig

to cling to sth/sb

s'agripper à paroi, bras

to cling to

clung in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for clung in the English»French Dictionary

clung [klʌŋ] VB

clung pp, pt of cling

See also cling

cling <clung, clung> [klɪŋ] VB intr

1. cling (hold tightly):

to cling (together)

être collé l'un à l'autre

to cling (on) to sth

se cramponner à qc

(be dependent on) to cling to sb

s'accrocher à qn

2. cling (persist):

cling

être tenace

cling <clung, clung> [klɪŋ] VB intr

1. cling (hold tightly):

to cling (together)

être collé l'un à l'autre

to cling (on) to sth

se cramponner à qc

(be dependent on) to cling to sb

s'accrocher à qn

2. cling (persist):

cling

être tenace

cling film N no pl, no art Brit

cling film

film m alimentaire

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to cling to sb like a limpet

être pendu à qn comme un pot de colle

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s'agripper à qn/qc

to cling on to sb/sth

se cramponner à qn/qc

to cling on to sb/sth

se cramponner à la vie

to cling on to life

épouser les formes du corps robe

to cling to the body

coller

to cling

se coller à qn

to cling to sb

s'accrocher à qc

to cling to sth

s'accrocher à qc

to cling to sth

la pluie plaquait sa robe sur ses jambes

the rain made her dress cling to her legs

clung Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to cling to sb like a limpet

être pendu à qn comme un pot de colle

to cling (together)

être collé l'un à l'autre

to cling (on) to sth

se cramponner à qc

(be dependent on) to cling to sb

s'accrocher à qn

the rain made her dress cling to her legs

la pluie plaquait sa robe sur ses jambes

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

For the most part they clung to the coast and shunned the interior.

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In another account, a wolverine attacked a polar bear and clung to its throat until the bear suffocated.

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The past is always a lie clung to by an odour of ancestors.

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The children clung to their parents in fear.

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And yet, the nobles clung stubbornly to power, and they, not the bourgeois, continued to be the model that everyone wanted to imitate.

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This wrecked most of their liferafts, but the survivors then clung to the floating pit props as they awaited rescue.

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Somewhat austerely he clung to the tradition of the service that duty faithfully discharged its own reward.

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Psychologically speaking, these infants were slightly strange: they were reclusive and had definite social deficits, and they clung to their cloth diapers.

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Eighty people were in the lifeboat the rest clung to flotsam or floated in the sea.

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Orthodoxy has clung fast to the principle of authority, but has in our own and recent generations rejected the right to any but minor interpretations.

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