Meaning of alkroĉiĝi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to hang on, cling, clutch, grasp
   intransitive
2. to get caught (on something)
   intransitive

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Examples

“Edwin Grobe (translator), “La Bonŝanco de Rora-Kampadejo” (“The Luck of Roaring Camp”) by Bret Harte,”

… the strong man, clinging to the frail babe as a drowning man is said to cling to a straw, drifted away into the shadowy river that flows forever to the unknown sea.

“Cezaro Rossetti, Kredu min, sinjorino!, Chapter 43,”

She was a good salesperson, but she often stole sales—that is, she would buttonhole (lit. cling to) prospective buyers who were speaking with other salespeople in order to get their purchases in her own record.

“L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Hebrew Scriptures, 2 Samuel 18.9, Abŝalom rajdis sur mulo. Kaj la mulo trafis sub interplektitajn branĉojn de grand kverko, kaj lia kapo alkroĉiĝis al la kverko, kaj li ekpendis inter la ĉielo kaj la tero … Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth …”

“Kabe (translator), “Neĝulino kaj Rozulino” (“Snow-White and Rose-Red)” from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Fairy Tales,”

when she unbolted the door for him, as the grey [bear] went out he got caught on a hook on the door and a little piece of his coat was torn off

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