What does clenching mean?
Clenching means present participle and gerund of clench.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of clench.
Many of the clenchings [of muscles] were uncoordinated, and one would guess that they occurred more and more as the sleep synchronized.
Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
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Clenching means present participle and gerund of clench.
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Many of the clenchings [of muscles] were uncoordinated, and one would guess that they occurred more and more as the sleep synchronized.
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