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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
clinging en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/
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Meanings
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Clingy.
It is a greyish white, high melting metal, very clinging, not very ductile and with difficulty malleable.
2016, Ferenc Szabadváry, R. Belcher, L. Gordon, History of Analytical Chemistry, page 15:He became more clinging, more mischievous and more difficult.
2008, John Bowlby, Attachment:Yes, very clinging; my cousin has a delightful figure, and can stand it.
1894, Ludovic Halévy, Parisian Points of View, page 182:
Deriveds
self-clinging · clingingly · clingingness · unclinging
Synonyms
clingy · adherent · adhesive
clinging en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/
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Meanings
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The act of one who clings.
The mind […] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.
2013, Lawrence C. Becker, Charlotte B. Becker, Encyclopedia of Ethics, page 217:
Forms
Synonyms
attachment
clinging en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/
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Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of cling