cling
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
Types & categories
- edible fruit hypernym
Sense 2 verb
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
The dress clings to her body
Types & categories
- contact hypernym
- mold hyponym
- conglutinate hyponym
- agglutinate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
to remain emotionally or intellectually attached
He clings to the idea that she might still love him.
Sense 4 verb
hold on tightly or tenaciously
hang on to your father's hands
Types & categories
- grasp hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | edible fruit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adhesiveness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coherence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | adherent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cohesive |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | attach |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | bond |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | stick |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mold |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conglutinate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | agglutinate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | grasp |