cling (v)
cleave#2 (v)
adhere#1 (v)
stick#1 (v)
cohere (v)

v01220885

type v
lex_filenum 35
def come or be in close contact with
def stick or hold together and resist separation
examples The dress clings to her body
The label stuck to the box
The sushi rice grains cohere
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 4 Something is ----ing PP
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Verb Group adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to; stick
Entailment attach
Hypernym touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Derivationally related form cohere → cohesive; cohere → coherent; cohere → coherence
Derivationally related form cohere → cohesion
Derivationally related form cohere → coherency
Derivationally related form adhere → adherent
Derivationally related form adhere → adhesion
Hyponym mold; conglutinate; agglutinate
Incoming links
Derivationally related form adherent → adhere
Derivationally related form coherent → cohere; cohesive → cohere; coherence → cohere
Derivationally related form adhesion → adhere
Derivationally related form cohesion → cohere
Derivationally related form coherency → cohere
Hyponym touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Hypernym mold; conglutinate; agglutinate
Verb Group adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to; stick

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