Clenches synonyms and antonyms
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Part of speech:
To fasten with a clinch knot.
The definition of tighten is to make something more fixed in place, more constricted, or more snug.
To stop the movement or progress of:
To secure and maintain a tight hold on; seize firmly.
To hold with the arms; embrace.
To grip and hold; seize
To grasp or hold eagerly or tightly
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To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To hold in a tight embrace.
To tense is to become stressed or to have your muscles become tight and rigid.
To grasp with the mind, esp. in a sudden or intuitive way
To get possession of by unscrupulous methods
A manner of grasping an opponent, as in wrestling or aikido:
releases (antonym)
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
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looses (antonym)
To release pressure or obligation from; absolve:
loosens (antonym)
To make less taut, less compact, etc.
keeps (related)
To continue to do:
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