clasping

adjective

1. (of a leaf) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.

noun

1. a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing: a clasp for paper money; a clasp on a necklace.
2. a firm grasp or grip: a clasp of hands.
3. a tight embrace: She held the child in a loving clasp.
4. a small bar or metal design, as a star, for affixing to the ribbon of a military decoration to indicate that the bearer has been awarded the decoration an additional time.

verb (used with object), clasped or (Archaic) claspt [klaspt, klahspt] /klæspt, klɑspt/; clasping.

5. to fasten with or as with a clasp.
6. to furnish with a clasp.
7. to seize, grasp, or grip with the hand: She clasped the club in her hand.
8. to hold in a tight embrace; hug: He clasped the child to him.

verb (used without object), clasped or (Archaic) claspt [klaspt, klahspt] /klæspt, klɑspt/; clasping.

9. to embrace or hug: The lovers clasped.

noun

1. a fastening, such as a catch or hook, used for holding things together
2. a firm grasp, hold, or embrace
3. military a bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to indicate either a second award or the battle, campaign, or reason for its award

verb (tr)

4. to hold in a firm grasp
5. to grasp firmly with the hand
6. to fasten together with or as if with a clasp

n.

c.1300, claspe, “metal catch or hook used to hold things together,” perhaps a metathesis of clapse, and thus from or related to Old English clyppan “clasp” (see clip (v.2)).

v.

late 14c., from clasp (n.). Related: Clasped; clasping.

n.

1. A part of a removable partial denture that directly retains or stabilizes a denture.