Clung

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Past tense and past participle of cling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Simple past of cling.
  • v. Past participle of cling
  • adj. wasted away; shrunken
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. & p. p. of cling.
  • adj. Wasted away; shrunken.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Preterit and past participle of cling.
  • Shrunken; emaciated; wasted to leanness; shrunk.
  • [Cf. strong as related to string.] Strong.
  • To cling.
  • To shrink; waste.
  • Word Usage
    "No stain clung to an aviator more than a blue-on-blue kill."
    Variant
    cling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shrunken   
    Verb Stem
    cling   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sung    Young    among    bung    dung    flung    fung    hung    lung    overhung