Meaning & use
clung
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Held on tightly to something, as the past tense of 'cling'.
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The child clung to her mother's leg at the doctor's office.
Wet leaves clung to the windshield after the storm.
A note on using this word
Irregular past tense form; the present tense 'cling' comes from Old English clingan.
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