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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



... possible, to their bodily needs, I endeavoured to minister to their spiritual. As they happened to be Roman Catholics, I took off the crucifix which I wore round my neck and gave it to them. They would put up their trembling hands and clasp it lovingly, and kiss it, while I began the Lord's Prayer (p. 279) in German. This happened many times that day. One man who had a hideous wound in the abdomen was most grateful, and when he handed me back the crucifix he took my hand and kissed it. It was strange to think ...
— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott
... of the way. It was not that I wanted to talk to Preston, for I was not ready to talk to him; but this holding me like a little child was excessively distasteful to my habit of freedom. My governess would not loose her clasp when we got to the house; but kept fast hold and led me upstairs ...
— Daisy • Elizabeth Wetherell
... office. The face seemed familiar and had some sort of an unpleasant recollection connected with it; therefore the colonel scowled. He was far from realizing that this person carried on his palm the warmth from a hand-clasp which, just a moment before, had ratified an agreement to dynamite the ...
— The Landloper - The Romance Of A Man On Foot • Holman Day
... whose eye is keen For friends, and keener still for enemies. Large in his bounties, he, in kingly sort, Denies a boon to none: but, AEschines, One should not ask too often. This premised, If thou wilt clasp the military cloak O'er thy right shoulder, and with legs astride Await the onward rush of shielded men: Hie thee to Egypt. Age overtakes us all; Our temples first; then on o'er cheek and chin, Slowly and surely, creep the frosts ...
— Theocritus • Theocritus
... I could not; my feet were chained to the spot. I fought to rid myself of the clasp of the skeleton hand, and then we fell together over the edge of the pit, and ...
— The Uninhabited House • Mrs. J. H. Riddell


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