| 释义 |       past tense of cling (to)    1      as in hewed (to)to give steadfast support to continued to cling to the old ideas of child rearing long after they had gone out of fashion       hewed (to)     kept (to)     stood by     adhered (to)     defended     abided by     stuck (to or with)     held to     accepted     cultivated     followed     adopted     endorsed     lived up to     supported     cleaved (to)     embraced     advocated     enforced     confirmed     reinforced     upheld     backed     championed     cherished     bolstered     espoused     fostered     heeded     backstopped     indorsed     buttressed     boosted     reenforced       See More   defected (from)     abandoned     disagreed (with)     deserted     relinquished     gave up     took back     surrendered     forsook     recalled     spurned     withdrew     revoked     abnegated     renounced     reconsidered     retracted     denied     disputed     backed off     abjured     refuted     recanted     disproved     backed down     rebutted     reneged     contradicted     repudiated     controverted     negated     disowned     disavowed     disclaimed     gainsaid     unsaid     negatived     backtracked     2      as in clenchedto have or keep in one's hands clung to a pole in the subway car to keep from falling as it lurched along       clenched     clutched     gripped     held     grabbed     hung on to     carried     cradled     latched (on or onto)     held on to     took     snapped (up)     bore     trapped     hugged     captured     snatched     handled     seized     clasped     felt     grasped     bagged     grappled     hooked     pawed     snared     landed     fingered     collared     caught     corralled     nabbed     nailed     embraced       See More   gave     handed     dropped     handed over     handed out     rendered     delivered     released     unclasped     relinquished     unhanded     gave up     yielded     turned over     ceded   |