Verb

(en verb)

To pull toward without touching.

* Derham

All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.

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To arouse interest.

To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.

* (John Milton)

Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.

Verb

(senseid)To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

Seaweed clung to the anchor.

* Mrs. Hemans

And what hath life for thee / That thou shouldst cling to it thus?

To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.

To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.

* Jonathan Swift

I clung legs as close to his side as I could.

To cause to dry up or wither.

* Shakespeare

If thou speak'st false, / Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, / Till famine cling thee.

(figurative, with preposition to) to be fond of, to feel strongly about