CLING

v. 1 stick, adhere, attach, fasten, fix The detectives found that one of the victim's hairs had clung to the suspect's lapel 2 favour, be or remain devoted or attached to, embrace, hang on to, retain, keep, cherish He still clung to his old-fashioned notions of honour 3 cling together or to one another. embrace, hug, cleave to one another, clasp one another, clutch one another, hold (fast) to one another, grasp one another The children clung together in the darkness