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noun

Clasp n.

An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.

A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.

Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle.

Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.

verb

Clasp v. t. (past & past part. clasped; pres. part. clasping)

To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy."

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Etymology of 'Clasp'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clasp" Quotes from Famous Books

... the two portraits back in the album and locked the clasp with a little key. Then, after a long pause, laying her hand on Philippe's arm, she said to him, in words that corresponded strangely with ...

— The Frontier • Maurice LeBlanc

... the faces of each of the youths grow deadly pale; there comes into their eyes an ominous glitter; their hands each clasp the butt of a revolver, and ...

— Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road - or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills • Edward L. Wheeler

... bird worked his sweet will upon his prostrate enemy, and at the end of it the man began to feel very much as though his earthly career was closed. Just as things were growing faint and dim to him, however, he suddenly saw a pair of white arms clasp themselves round the ostrich's legs from behind, and heard ...

— Jess • H. Rider Haggard

... no more, but her face lighted up, and he saw her hands softly clasp themselves, as if she were thanking God over again. Then his own head bent forward, and he made a great effort with the oars, but it was only to hide the smile ...

— The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals • Ann S. Stephens

... me!" Henley tried to take her hand, but she drew it from his clasp stiffly and stared sharply into his face. "Dixie, you said, not many days back, that me and you understood one another perfectly, and that nothing would ever change our feelings. I can't make out what you are driving at in all this roundabout palaver, but I know I'm just pine-blank ...

— Dixie Hart • Will N. Harben

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