# clung

Pronunciation: say "KLUNG" US/UK /klʌŋ/, AUS /klɐŋ/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of cling. — simple past and past participle of cling
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of cling. Use this form for something that held on tightly in the past.
   - _The toddler clung to her mother's leg in the crowded station._
   - _Mist clung to the valley floor long after sunrise._

## Adjective

2. Shrunken and wasted away, as flesh or plant matter that has dried out or lost its substance. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Dried out and shrunken after losing all its moisture.
   - _Famine had left the cattle clung and feeble by midwinter._
   - _The clung timber warped and split where the sun beat down on it._

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