transcription, транскрипция: [ klɪŋ ]
( clings, clinging, clung)
1.
If you cling to someone or something, you hold onto them tightly.
Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank...
They hugged each other, clinging together under the lights.
VERB : V to/onto n , V together
2.
If someone clings to a position or a possession they have, they do everything they can to keep it even though this may be very difficult.
He appears determined to cling to power...
Another minister clung on with a majority of only 18...
Japan’s productivity has overtaken America in some industries, but elsewhere the United States has clung on to its lead.
VERB : V to/onto n , V on , V on to n