clinch
clinch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift.
- 2.The bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven trough an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.
- 3.To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. South.
- 4.To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
- 5.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.
- 6.A pun. Pope.
- 7.(Naut.) 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- abusive
- accent
- air
- alley
- ambiguity
- anagram
- antiphrasis
- archaic
- archaism
- argot
- babu
- back
- ban
- bar
- barbarism
- bark
- big
- bird
- black
- blind
- block
- blockade
- bluster
- bolt
- bond
- brogue
- broken
- bully
- bung
- button
- byword
- caecal
- caecum
- call
- cant
- captive
- choke
- clench
- close
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is clinch.
- What is to set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift called?
- What is the bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven trough an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail called?
- What is to make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. South called?
- What is to hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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