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Another word for clasp

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Noun

  1. A device for fastening or for checking motion

    See also:

    move

  2. The act of embracing

    See also:

    touch

  3. An act or means of holding something

    See also:

    keep

Verb

  1. To put one's arms around affectionately

    See also:

    touch

  2. To take firmly with the hand and maintain a hold on

    See also:

    keep

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Another word for clasp

Noun
  1. See also:

    fastener

Verb

  1. To hold tightly

    See also:

    hug

    hold

    catch

  2. To fasten with a clasp

    See also:

    fasten

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • She flinched away as his fingers rested on the clasp of her dress.

  • It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter.

  • And he handed him his clasp knife.

  • In spite of the lapse of years, they seem so close to me that I should not think it strange if at any moment they should clasp my hand and speak words of endearment as they used to before they went away.

  • She focused hard on the clasp, her senses filling with him.

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