clinging

cling /klÇŋ/ v

(pt , pp clung /klʌŋ/)
၁။ ~ (on) to sb/sth ; ~ onto sb/sth ; ~ on ; ~ together တွယ်ဖက်ထားသည်။
survivors clinging to a raft ❍ The children were clinging onto their mother. ❍ They clung to each other/clung together as they said goodbye. ❍ Cling on tight!
၂။ ~ (to sth) စွဲနေသည်။ ကပ်နေသည်။
The smell of smoke clings (to one's clothes) for a long time. ❍ a dress that clings to (ie fits closely so as to show the shape of) the body.
၃။ ~ (on) to sth [ဥ] ဖက်တွယ်သည်။
cling to a belief/an opinion/a theory ❍ politicians who cling to power/office ❍ cling on to one's possessions ❍ She clung to the hope that he was still alive.
၄။ ~ (to sb) (usu derog ) မျက်စိအောက်က အပျောက်မခံနိုင်။ မျှော့တွယ် သလိုတွယ်သည်။ Small children cling to their mothers. ❍ He clung to me like a leech all evening.
၅။ ~ to sb/sth ကပ်မြှောင်၍သွားသည်။ ကပ်သည်။ The ship clung to the coastline. ❍ Don't cling to the curb when you're driving.
❏ cling film n [U] (စားကုန်သောက်ကုန်စသည် ထုပ်ပိုးသော) ပလတ်စတစ်အကြည်စား။
See also SHRINK-WRAPPED
❏ clinging (also clingy ) adj
၁။ (အဝတ်အစား) ချပ်ချပ် ရပ်ရပ်ကပ်နေသော။
၂။ (usu derog ) တောက်တဲ့ကပ် ကပ်နေ သော။ a clinging child.