We must cling to our faith.
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Cling
//ˈklɪŋ//
Synonyms for "cling" (136 found)
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Related words (68)
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11 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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3 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 31 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- klou verb (hold tightly)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- περιέχομαι verb ((figuratively) feel strongly about)
- ἔχομαι verb ((figuratively) feel strongly about)
Arabic
1 entries- تَمَسَّكَ verb (hold tightly)
Armenian
1 entries- կառչել verb (hold tightly)
Bulgarian
2 entries- придържам се о verb (hold tightly)
- прилепвам verb (hold tightly)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 依附 verb (hold tightly)
- 粘住 verb (hold tightly)
Czech
4 entries- držet se verb (hold tightly)
- lnout verb (hold tightly)
- lpět verb (hold tightly)
- lpět verb ((figuratively) feel strongly about)
Dutch
1 entries- klampen verb (hold tightly)
Esperanto
2 entries- alkroĉiĝi verb (hold tightly)
- alteni verb (hold tightly)
Estonian
1 entries- liibuma verb (hold tightly)
Finnish
2 entries- takertua verb (hold tightly)
- tarrautua verb (hold tightly)
French
4 entries- accrocher verb (hold tightly)
- coller verb (hold tightly)
- s'accrocher verb (hold tightly)
- se coller verb (hold tightly)
Galician
3 entries- agarrar verb (hold tightly)
- soster verb (hold tightly)
- suxeitar verb (hold tightly)
German
4 entries- haften verb (hold tightly)
- hängen an verb ((figuratively) feel strongly about)
- sich klammern verb (hold tightly)
- sich klammern verb ((figuratively) feel strongly about)
Indonesian
4 entries- bergantung verb (hold tightly)
- menggantung verb (hold tightly)
- menggantungkan verb (hold tightly)
- menyangkut verb (hold tightly)
Italian
4 entries- abbarbicarsi verb (hold tightly)
- aderire verb (hold tightly)
- aggrapparsi verb (hold tightly)
- appiccicarsi verb (hold tightly)
Japanese
3 entries- ぶら下がる verb (hold tightly)
- ぶら下げる verb (hold tightly)
- 掛ける verb (hold tightly)
Latin
2 entries- adhaereo verb (hold tightly)
- haereo verb (hold tightly)
Māori
4 entries- aropiri verb (hold tightly)
- nanapi verb (hold tightly)
- napi verb (hold tightly)
- tauawhi verb (hold tightly)
Norwegian
1 entries- klenge verb (hold tightly)
Occitan
3 entries- agafar verb (hold tightly)
- agantar verb (hold tightly)
- sasir verb (hold tightly)
Old English
1 entries- clingan verb (hold tightly)
Polish
1 entries- przylgnąć verb (hold tightly)
Portuguese
1 entries- agarrar (-se) verb (hold tightly)
Russian
4 entries- льнуть verb (hold tightly)
- прилипа́ть verb (hold tightly)
- цепля́ться verb (hold tightly)
- цепля́ться за verb ((figuratively) feel strongly about)
Sanskrit
2 entries- श्लिष्यति verb (hold tightly)
- स्निह्यति verb (hold tightly)
Spanish
4 entries- aferrar verb (hold tightly)
- aferrarse verb (hold tightly)
- aferrarse verb ((figuratively) feel strongly about)
- agarrar verb (hold tightly)
Tocharian B
2 entries- trenk verb (hold tightly)
- tsu verb (hold tightly)
Turkish
1 entries- sokulmak verb (hold tightly)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вчепи́тися verb (hold tightly)
- учепи́тися verb (hold tightly)
- чіпля́тися verb (hold tightly)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bám verb (hold tightly)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Wet clothes cling to the body.
Source: tatoeba (281987)
What the fuck are you up to taking advantage of his proximity to cling to him like a wet T-shirt?!
Source: tatoeba (326909)
I have to wrap my sister's dinner in cling film.
Source: tatoeba (328214)
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