Clasp

Quick meaning: Clasp is a noun meaning (countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.

Meaning

(countable) A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
2. (transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.
3. (transitive) To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
4. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To cling.
5. (countable) A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.

Example Sentences

He took her hand in a firm clasp.

They clasped hands and parted as friends.

I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!

How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?

Word Forms

• clasps
• clasping
• clasped

Synonyms for clasp

Depending on context, synonyms include beclasp, begrip, grasp, grip, attach, join.

Antonyms for clasp

Common opposites include unbuckle, unclasp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brooch, clutch, clench, clutches, grip, grasp.

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