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1 cling
1)cling to something/somebody — sich an etwas/jemanden klammern; [Schmutz:] einer Sache/jemandem anhaften; [Staub:] sich auf etwas/jemanden setzen
2) (remain stubbornly faithful)cling to somebody/something — sich an jemanden/etwas klammern
* * *[kliŋ]past tense, past participle - clung; verb((usually with to) to stick (to); to grip tightly: The mud clung to her shoes; She clung to her husband as he said goodbye; He clings to an impossible hope; The boat clung to (= stayed close to) the coastline.) haften, festhalten* * *<clung, clung>[klɪŋ]vi1. (hold tightly) klammern\cling on or you might fall over halt dich fest, damit du nicht hinfällst* * *I [klɪŋ] pret, ptp clungvi(= hold on tightly) sich festklammern (to an +dat), sich klammern (to an +acc); (to opinion also) festhalten (to an +dat); (= remain close) sich halten (to an +acc); (clothes, fabric) sich anschmiegen ( to +dat); (smell) haften (to an +dat), sich setzen (to in +acc)cling on tight! — halt dich gut fest!
to cling together — sich aneinanderklammern; (lovers)
in spite of all the difficulties they've clung together — trotz aller Schwierigkeiten haben sie zusammengehalten
IIwomen who cling — Frauen, die sich an einen klammern
1. nKlingen nt; (of cash register) Klingeln nt2. viklingen; (cash register) klingeln* * *cling [klıŋ] v/i prät und pperf clung [klʌŋ]1. (fest)haften, kleben ( beide:to an dat):the wet dress clung to her body klebte ihr am Leibthe smell clung to his clothes der Geruch setzte sich in seiner Kleidung fest;the nickname clung to him der Spitzname haftete ihm an oder blieb an ihm hängen3. auch fig (to) sich klammern (an eine Sache, jemanden, eine Hoffnung etc), festhalten (an einer Meinung, Sitte etc):cling to life am Leben hängen;cling to the text sich eng an den Text halten, am Text kleben umg4. sich (an)schmiegen (to an akk)* * *1)cling to something/somebody — sich an etwas/jemanden klammern; [Schmutz:] einer Sache/jemandem anhaften; [Staub:] sich auf etwas/jemanden setzen
cling to somebody/something — sich an jemanden/etwas klammern
* * *v.anschmiegen v.klammern v.
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