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noun
1.
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing: a clasp for paper money; a clasp on a necklace.
2.
a firm grasp or grip: a clasp of hands.
3.
a tight embrace: She held the child in a loving clasp.
4.
a small bar or metal design, as a star, for affixing to the ribbon of a military decoration to indicate that the bearer has been awarded the decoration an additional time.
verb (used with object)
5.
to fasten with or as with a clasp.
6.
to furnish with a clasp.
7.
to seize, grasp, or grip with the hand: She clasped the club in her hand.
8.
to hold in a tight embrace; hug: He clasped the child to him.
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Clasped
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
verb (used without object)
9.
to embrace or hug: The lovers clasped.
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Word Origin & History
clasp
1307, claspe, perhaps metathesis alteration of clapse, and thus from O.E. clyppan "clasp." The verb is first recorded late 14c.
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Medical Dictionary
clasp (klāsp)
n.
A part of a removable partial denture that directly retains or stabilizes a denture.
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