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Meaning of 'clinch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Clinch [ 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.
- A pun.
- 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.
2 . Clinch [ v. i.]
- To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
3 . Clinch [ v. t.]
- To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
- To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
- 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.
- To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.

Meaning of 'clinch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . clinch [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a tight or amorous embrace
Example in sentence:
  • come here and give me a big hug
2 . clinch [ v]
Meaning (2):
- hold in a tight grasp
Example in sentence:
  • clench a steering wheel
Meaning (3):
- settle conclusively
Example in sentence:
  • clinch a deal
Meaning (4):
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts
Example in sentence:
  • The girder was clinched into the wall
Meaning (5):
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
Example in sentence:
  • the nails were clinched

Nearby Words:

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