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cling

  • noun
  • /ˈklɪŋ/

Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.

Other meanings

  1. Adherence; attachment; devotion.

  2. An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.

A kind of

  • edible fruit

Word history

From Old English "clingan" (to adhere).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cling” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.