Word
Clinch
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
clinch
Definition
- v. t. - To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly.
- v. t. - To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first.
- v. t. - To bend or turn over the point of (something that has
been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to
clinch a nail.
- v. t. - To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument.
- v. i. - To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or
grasp one another.
- n. - The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to
hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good
clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a
clinch.
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