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Clinging
- verb - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
Clinking
- verb - like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped
- make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
- make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
Clipping
- verb - an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
- attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- run at a moderately swift pace
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
- the act of clipping or snipping
Cloaking
- verb - cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
- cover with or as if with a cloak; "cloaked monks"
- hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
Clocking
- verb - measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"
- the time taken to traverse a measured course; "it was a world record clocking"
Clogging
- verb - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
- coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"
- dance a clog dance
- fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
- impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
- impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
- preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
Clopping
- verb - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
Clothing
- verb - a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
- cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
Clotting
- verb - cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
- change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood"
- coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"
- the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid
- turn into curds; "curdled milk"