Clench
Word | CLENCH |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | clench |
Pronunciations | /klɛntʃ/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Clench"
What do we mean by clench?
To close tightly. transitive verb
To grasp or grip tightly. transitive verb
To clinch (a bolt, for example). transitive verb
A tight grip or grasp. noun
Something, such as a mechanical device, that clenches or holds fast. noun
. To nail or fasten.
To secure or fasten, as a nail, staple, or other metallic fastening, by beating down the point after it has been driven through something; rivet.
To bring together and set firmly, as the teeth; double up tightly, as the hands.
To grasp or seize firmly or convulsively; gripe.
Figuratively, to fix or secure by a finishing touch or blow; confirm, as an argument or an action, in some unanswerable or irresistible way; establish firmly.
Nautical, to calk slightly with oakum, in anticipation of foul weather.
To gripe.
To seize or gripe another, or one another, with a firm grasp or hold, as in wrestling: as, the men clenched.
To pun.
A catch; a grip; a persistent clutch. noun
That which holds fast or clenches; a clencher (or clincher); a holdfast. noun
Nautical, a mode of fastening large ropes, consisting of a half-hitch with the end stopped back to its part by seizings. The outer end of a hawser is bent by a clench to the ring of the anchor. noun
A pun or play on words. noun
A mode of securing a nail, staple, or the like, by turning over the point and hammering back into the wood the portion bent over. noun
See clinch.
Tight grip.
A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Clench
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