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Clasp   /klæsp/   Listen
Clasp

noun
1.
A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
2.
The act of grasping.  Synonyms: clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold.  "He has a strong grip for an old man" , "She kept a firm hold on the railing"
verb
(past & past part. clasped; pres. part. clasping)
1.
Hold firmly and tightly.
2.
Fasten with or as if with a brooch.  Synonym: brooch.
3.
Fasten with a buckle or buckles.  Synonym: buckle.
4.
Grasp firmly.



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"Clasp" Quotes from Famous Books



... had the same hopes and the same downfall, yet through those hours in the little white-washed bed-room, with the locust boughs tapping against the window, the memory that I strenuously put away of that warm clasp, of the new tenderness in the voice that had called me by my name, softened the sharp pangs of disappointment; and he, at least, would not fail ...
— A Village Ophelia and Other Stories • Anne Reeve Aldrich

... peaceful kisses, They scarce outlived the moment's breath; But now we clasp immortal blisses Of passion ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XI., February, 1863, No. LXIV. • Various

... fair Sion's hill, Where angel hosts in bliss abide, Shall we not clasp the hands of those Whom once ...
— Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century • Edmund O. Jones

... visibility of the human nose, a small parcel of something, a nail file, and other minor articles are disclosed before she disinters her purse from the bottom of her hand bag. Another struggle with the clasp of the purse ensues; finally, one by one, five coppers are fished up out of the depths and presented to the conductor. The lady has made a difficult, complicated rite of what might have been a simple and ...
— 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' AND 'Isn't That Just Like a Man!' • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

... rides they were! Dick, wise beyond his years, would lag behind or canter a long way in front; and Nell and Drake would be left alone to whisper together, or clasp hands in silent ecstasy. ...
— Nell, of Shorne Mills - or, One Heart's Burden • Charles Garvice


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