CLING

• (noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit

  synonyms : clingstone

• (verb) hold on tightly or tenaciously

  "hang on to your father's hands", "The child clung to his mother's apron"

  synonyms : hang

• (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

  "The dress clings to her body", "The label stuck to the box", "The sushi rice grains cohere"

  synonyms : adhere , cleave , cohere , stick

  For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. -added by imfrmheaven

• (verb) to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

  "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

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