cling
English Thesaurus
1. fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit (noun.food)
| hypernym | : | edible fruit, |
| definition | : | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh (noun.food) |
2. hold on tightly or tenaciously (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | grasp, hold on, |
| definition | : | hold firmly (verb.contact) |
3. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | adjoin, contact, meet, touch, |
| definition | : | be in direct physical contact with; make contact (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | mold, |
| definition | : | fit tightly, follow the contours of (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | conglutinate, |
| definition | : | stick together (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | agglutinate, |
| definition | : | clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. (verb.contact) |
| entail | : | attach, |
| definition | : | become attached (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | stick, |
| definition | : | fasten with an adhesive material like glue (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, bond, |
| definition | : | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | adherent, |
| definition | : | sticking fast (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cohesive, |
| definition | : | causing cohesion (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, bond, |
| definition | : | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | adherent, |
| definition | : | sticking fast (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cohesive, |
| definition | : | causing cohesion (adj.all) |
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