cling

For the verb: "to cling"

Simple Past:	clung
Past Participle:	clung

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cling/klɪŋ/

▶verb (past and past part. clung) (cling to/on to)

• 1 hold tightly to.

  ■ be hard to remove from; adhere to.

• 2 remain persistently faithful to: she clung to her convictions.

• 3 be emotionally dependent on.

▶noun (also cling peach) a clingstone peach.

– derivatives
clinger noun,
clinging adjective.

– origin OE clingan ‘stick together’, of Gmc origin; rel. to clench.