Clenching
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Clenching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of clench.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of clench.
More Meanings
- The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.
- Alternative form of clinching (“that settles something definitely”).
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- clenchings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clutch, clinch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold.
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