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English to English noun
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(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily |  | source: wordnet30
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a small slip noose made with seizing | | source: wordnet30
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the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet | | source: wordnet30
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a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | | source: wordnet30
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a tight or amorous embrace | | Example: come here and give me a big hug
source: wordnet30
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The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch. | | source: webster1913 verb
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secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts | | Example: The girder was clinched into the wall
source: wordnet30
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hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches | | source: wordnet30
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hold in a tight grasp | | Example: clench a steering wheel
source: wordnet30
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embrace amorously | | source: wordnet30
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flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) | | Example: the nails were clinched
source: wordnet30
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settle conclusively | | Example: clinch a deal
source: wordnet30
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To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. | | source: webster1913
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To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another. | | source: webster1913
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