clinging

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ADJ.

all, horrific, left, melting, mischievous, still

VERB + CLINGING

became, burns, stop

CLINGING + NOUN

cousin, ductile, father, glory, life, mother, tom, trees

PREP.

in, onto

ADV.

barely, fondly

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noun

1

The act of one who clings.

The mind […] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.

adj

1

clingy.

Yes, very clinging; my cousin has a delightful figure, and can stand it.

He became more clinging, more mischievous and more difficult.

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The mind […] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled i

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Yes, very clinging; my cousin has a delightful figure, and can stand it.

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He became more clinging, more mischievous and more difficult.

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It is a greyish white, high melting metal, very clinging, not very ductile and with difficulty malleable.

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Stop clinging to your glory days, or you'll be left behind.

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06

The boy is clinging to his mother.

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