cramponner
Meanings
Verb
1. to attach with, or drive a spike or hook into (transitive)
2. to staple, stud (a shoe); attach a crampon, spike, or hook to (transitive)
3. to stud or attach calks (to a horseshoe) (transitive)
4. to shoe (a horse or mule) using a studded horseshoe (transitive, by extension)
5. to cling onto, attach oneself to (something or someone) (reflexive, with à)
Examples17
Cet enfant se cramponnait à sa mère.
That child was clinging to his mother.
Elle se cramponnait à son père.
She was clinging to her father.
Il essaye de s'y cramponner.
He's trying to cling to it.
Elles se cramponnèrent l'une l'autre pour garder leur chaleur.
They clung together for warmth.
Elles se cramponnèrent l'une à l'autre pour garder leur chaleur.
They clung together for warmth.
Ils se cramponnèrent l'un à l'autre pour conserver leur chaleur.
They clung together for warmth.