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klʌŋclung
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Clungthe preterite and participle of cling.
Clungadjective
Wasted with leanness; shrunk up with cold.
Etymology: clungu, Sax. [
To Clungverb
To dry as wood does, when it is laid up after it is cut. See To Cling.
Etymology: clingan, Sax.
Wikipedia
clung
Sonja Yelich (Croatian: Jelić; born 1965) is a New Zealand poet. She is the mother of pop singer Lorde.
Webster Dictionary
Clung
of Cling
Clung
imp. & p. p. of Cling
Clungverb
wasted away; shrunken
Etymology: [Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See Cling, v. i.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Clung
klung, pa.t. and pa.p. of Cling.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of clung in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of clung in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of clung in a Sentence
He clung to life for seven days.
He lapsed into a coma, died, was resuscitated, stayed in a coma and on Monday underwent extensive surgery at Shock Trauma to save his life, he clung to life for seven days.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
I think about their last six minutes a lot. My wife and mum-in-law knew they were going to die. They had to somehow comfort the children during those final moments, i have nightmares about how they must have clung to their mother, crying, seeing the fright in her eyes.
My hope soon after the drop was that he would make it because he is fit and strong and a good swimmer, i had so much hope, that maybe he had clung onto a rock or fell into the water and swam to the shore.
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