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clung: verb
cling: intransitive verb

clung [klʌŋ] VB

clung pp, pt of cling

See also cling

cling <clung, clung> [klɪŋ] VB intr

1. cling (embrace):

обнима́ть

2. cling (hold):

цепля́ться

cling fig

уде́рживаться

cling fig

не исчеза́ть

3. cling (stick):

прилипа́ть

облега́ть

4. cling (stay close):

прильну́ть

5. cling (follow closely):

держа́ться (бе́рега, до́ма)

cling <clung, clung> [klɪŋ] VB intr

1. cling (embrace):

обнима́ть

2. cling (hold):

цепля́ться

cling fig

уде́рживаться

cling fig

не исчеза́ть

3. cling (stick):

прилипа́ть

облега́ть

4. cling (stay close):

прильну́ть

5. cling (follow closely):

держа́ться (бе́рега, до́ма)

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English

The two soldiers clung to their overturned boat, but the boy was lost in the icy water. en.wikipedia.org

He noted the nails of his shoes and the iron ferrule of his staff clung to a rock. en.wikipedia.org

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

Perhaps he clung onto power too long, perhaps he should have retired in 1965 when he was still popular. en.wikipedia.org

Snow clung to trees which still had most of their leaves. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

He clung briefly to the railing, and then was pushed overboard into the sea. en.wikipedia.org

Large masses of leeches clung over all the body including the carapace. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

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