cling to in All languages combined

Forms: clings to [present, singular, third-person], clinging to [participle, present], clung to [participle, past], clung to [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|cling<,,clung> to}} cling to (third-person singular simple present clings to, present participle clinging to, simple past and past participle clung to)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clings to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clinging to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clung to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clung to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "cling<,,clung> to"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to."
      ],
      "id": "en-cling_to-en-verb-X64mWkvu",
      "links": [
        [
          "cling",
          "cling#English"
        ],
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          "to",
          "to#English"
        ]
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone)."
      ],
      "id": "en-cling_to-en-verb-a9j0R4VX",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of."
      ],
      "id": "en-cling_to-en-verb-yvaiRQ1e",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, figurative) To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cling to"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clings to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clinging to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clung to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clung to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "cling<,,clung> to"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cling, to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cling",
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        ],
        [
          "to",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, figurative) To remain by (someone's) side; to refuse to leave the company of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cling to"
}

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"cling to" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms