Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 31 compound words that contain cling. The most common are listed below. Open cling in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- cling wrapAlternative form of clingwrap: Clingfilm.
- cling peachA clingstone peach.
- static clingThe tendency for an object with a build-up of static electricity to stick or cling to other objects.
- cling to the skirts ofTo depend upon and be unwilling to relinquish.
- cling peachesplural of cling peach: A clingstone peach.
- cling wrapsplural of cling wrap: Clingfilm.
- cling-onsplural of cling-on: To hold on tightly; to grip hard or adhere.
- cling filmA plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc.
- cling filmsplural of cling film: A plastic film (originally polyvinylidene chloride but now polyethylene) that is so light and thin that it clings to any object about which it is wrapped; used to cover and preserve foodstuffs etc.
Compound words 31
- clingfilmLight, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food, etc.
- clingstoneA stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh.
- clingfishA small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
- clingsomeCharacterised by clinging or clinginess; clingy; adhesive
- anticlingPreventing one material from clinging to another.
- nonclingThat does not cling.
- unclingpresent participle and gerund of uncle
- clingwrapClingfilm.
- clingestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of cling
- clingeththird-person singular simple present indicative of cling: Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.