English

Detailed Synonyms for clasp in English

clasp:

to clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)

  1. to clasp
    to clasp; to clutch; to grip; to grasp; to seize
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
    • clutch verb (clutchs, clutched, clutching)
    • grip verb (grips, gripped, gripping)
    • grasp verb (grasps, grasped, grasping)
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
  2. to clasp
    to grab; to clamp; to grasp; to take hold of; to clasp; to catch; to seize; to grip
    • grab verb (grabs, grabbed, grabbing)
    • clamp verb (clamps, clamped, clamping)
    • grasp verb (grasps, grasped, grasping)
    • take hold of verb (takes hold of, took hold of, taking hold of)
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
    • catch verb (catches, catched, catching)
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
    • grip verb (grips, gripped, gripping)
  3. to clasp
    to clasp; to cling
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
    • cling verb (clings, clung, clinging)
  4. to clasp
    to grasp; caught; to snatch; to seize; to grip; to catch; to snatch away; to drag; to clutch; to yearn; to reach; to slog away; to toil and moil; to rummage about; to rout; to clasp; to pilfer; to snout; to slave away; to stick; to root; to scratch
    • grasp verb (grasps, grasped, grasping)
    • caught verb
    • snatch verb (snatchs, snatched, snatching)
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
    • grip verb (grips, gripped, gripping)
    • catch verb (catches, catched, catching)
    • snatch away verb (snatchs away, snatched away, snatching away)
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • clutch verb (clutchs, clutched, clutching)
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    • reach verb (reachs, reached, reaching)
    • slog away verb (slogs away, slogged away, slogging away)
    • toil and moil verb (toils and moil, toiled and moiled, toiling and moiling)
    • rummage about verb (rummages about, rummaged about, rummaging about)
    • rout verb (routs, routed, routing)
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
    • pilfer verb (pilfers, pilfered, pilfering)
    • snout verb (snouts, snouted, snouting)
    • slave away verb (slaves away, slaved away, slaving away)
    • stick verb (sticks, sticked, sticking)
    • root verb (roots, rooted, rooting)
    • scratch verb (scratches, scratched, scratching)
  5. to clasp
    – hold firmly and tightly 1
    to clasp
    – hold firmly and tightly 1
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
  6. to clasp
    – grasp firmly 1
    to clasp
    – grasp firmly 1
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
      • The child clasped my hands1
  7. to clasp
    – fasten with a buckle or buckles 1
    to buckle; to clasp
    – fasten with a buckle or buckles 1
    • buckle verb (buckles, buckled, buckling)
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
  8. to clasp
    – fasten with or as if with a brooch 1
    to clasp; brooch
    – fasten with or as if with a brooch 1

Conjugations for clasp:

present
  1. clasp
  2. clasp
  3. clasps
  4. clasp
  5. clasp
  6. clasp
simple past
  1. clasped
  2. clasped
  3. clasped
  4. clasped
  5. clasped
  6. clasped
present perfect
  1. have clasped
  2. have clasped
  3. has clasped
  4. have clasped
  5. have clasped
  6. have clasped
past continuous
  1. was clasping
  2. were clasping
  3. was clasping
  4. were clasping
  5. were clasping
  6. were clasping
future
  1. shall clasp
  2. will clasp
  3. will clasp
  4. shall clasp
  5. will clasp
  6. will clasp
continuous present
  1. am clasping
  2. are clasping
  3. is clasping
  4. are clasping
  5. are clasping
  6. are clasping
subjunctive
  1. be clasped
  2. be clasped
  3. be clasped
  4. be clasped
  5. be clasped
  6. be clasped
diverse
  1. clasp!
  2. let's clasp!
  3. clasped
  4. clasping
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

clasp [the ~] noun

  1. the clasp
    the clasp; the bolt
  2. the clasp
    the clasp
  3. the clasp
    – the act of grasping 1
    the hold; the grasp; the clutch; the grip; the clench; the clasp; the clutches
    – the act of grasping 1
    • hold [the ~] noun
      • she kept a firm hold on the railing1
    • grasp [the ~] noun
    • clutch [the ~] noun
    • grip [the ~] noun
      • he has a strong grip for an old man1
    • clench [the ~] noun
    • clasp [the ~] noun
      • he released his clasp on my arm1
    • clutches [the ~] noun
  4. the clasp
    – a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together 1
    the clasp
    – a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together 1

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Related Definitions for "clasp":

  1. the act of grasping1
    • he released his clasp on my arm1
  2. a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together1
  3. hold firmly and tightly1
  4. grasp firmly1
    • The child clasped my hands1
  5. fasten with a buckle or buckles1
  6. fasten with or as if with a brooch1

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