clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
(noun) the act of grasping; “he released his clasp on my arm”; “he has a strong grip for an old man”; “she kept a firm hold on the railing”
clasp
(noun) a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
clasp
(verb) hold firmly and tightly
clasp
(verb) grasp firmly; “The child clasped my hands”
buckle, clasp
(verb) fasten with a buckle or buckles
brooch, clasp
(verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clasp (plural clasps)
A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.
(in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
clasp (third-person singular simple present clasps, present participle clasping, simple past and past participle clasped)
(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.
To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
• (grasp tightly): begrip, grasp, grip; See also grasp
• (shut with a clasp)
• (shut as if with a clasp): attach, join, put together; see also join
• calps, claps, scalp
Source: Wiktionary
Clasp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping] Etym: [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy." Milton.
Clasp, n.
1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle.
– Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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