clasp
Other forms: clasped; clasping; clasps
A bracelet is held together by a clasp. A girl who gets a nice one from her boyfriend might clasp her arms around him. A clasp is a fastener. To clasp is to hold tightly.
In all uses of the word, clasp means to hold together tightly. You want your bracelet or belt clasp to be strong so it doesn't come apart. And when you take a child on a walk across a busy intersection, you clasp their hand tightly. The word is not related to the word clap, but if you clap your hands together, then keep them there, you turn a clap to a clasp.
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hold firmly and tightly
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grasp firmly
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the act of grasping“he released his clasp on my arm”types:choke hold, chokeholda restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behindembrace, embracement, embracingthe act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)wrestling holda hold used in the sport of wrestlingbear huga wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponentnelsonany of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neckJapanese strangleholda wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipelockany wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressuredscissor grip, scissor hold, scissors, scissors grip, scissors holda wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeezestrangleholda wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipetoeholda wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the jointstype of:grasping, prehension, seizing, taking holdthe act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
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a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
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fasten with a buckle or buckles
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fasten with or as if with a brooch
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Vocabulary lists containing clasp
Mathilde Loisel covets an extravagant lifestyle she can't afford. In order to fit in at a high-society party to which she is invited, she borrows a necklace from a friend—a decision that will change her life forever. Read the full text of the story here.
Vocabulary from "Beowulf" (translated by by Gummere).
This collection of autobiographical short stories by Francisco Jiménez explores the immigrant experience in the United States.