Clinch

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fix or secure (a nail or bolt, for example) by bending down or flattening the pointed end that protrudes.
  • intransitive verb. To fasten together in this way.
  • intransitive verb. To settle definitely and conclusively; make final.
  • intransitive verb. To secure (a divisional championship, for instance) before the end of regular season play by having an insurmountable lead.
  • intransitive verb. To fasten with a clinch knot.
  • intransitive verb. To be held together securely.
  • intransitive verb. To hold a boxing opponent's body with one or both arms to prevent or hinder punches.
  • intransitive verb. To embrace amorously.
  • noun. Something, such as a clamp, that clinches.
  • noun. The clinched part of a nail, bolt, or rivet.
  • noun. An act or instance of clinching in boxing.
  • noun. A clinch knot.
  • noun. An amorous embrace.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See clench.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
  • transitive verb. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
  • transitive verb. To set closely together; to close tightly.
  • transitive verb. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast.
  • transitive verb. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish.
  • noun. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast.
  • noun. A pun.
  • noun. A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To fasten securely or permanently.
  • verb. To embrace passionately.
  • noun. Any of several fastenings.
  • noun. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.
  • noun. A pun.
  • noun. A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
  • noun. A passionate embrace.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
  • noun. a tight or amorous embrace
  • verb. embrace amorously
  • noun. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
  • verb. flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
  • verb. hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
  • verb. hold in a tight grasp
  • noun. a small slip noose made with seizing
  • noun. (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
  • verb. settle conclusively
  • noun. the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
  • Word Usage
    "My brother swears the improved clinch is the only way to go and a very good friend went to great lengths to test knot breaking strength and landed on the Trilene Knot."
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