Clasp

Definition: Clasp

Clasp

Noun

1. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.

2. The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing".

Verb

1. Hold firmly and tightly.

2. Fasten with or as if with a brooch.

3. Fasten with a buckle or buckles.

4. Grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "clasp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Computing

Mechanical Engineering

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CLASP

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Synonyms: Clasp

Coherence

Verb: cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round; (join).

Connection

Pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo, pawl; terret, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel, stake, post.

Endearment

Clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms; nestle, nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute; (courtesy); fold to the heart, press to the bosom.

Junction

Braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase; graft, ingraft,

Nearness

Verb: be near; Adjective: adjoin, hang about, trench on; border upon, verge upon; stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug; huddle; hang upon the skirts of, hover over; burn.

Outline

Zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt; cordon; (inclosure); circlet,.

Taking

Get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of.

Crosswords: Clasp

Clasp at my ankles (Manic Demise; performing artist: The Creation)

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Books

• The Clasp and Other Poems (reference)

• The Golden Clasp (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• Columbian(R) Recycled Kraft Clasp #105 Envelopes, 11 1/2in. x 14 1/2in., 32 Lb., Brown Kraft, Box Of 100 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Photographed in his office at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam, probably when he received his fifth star, circa 16-19 December 1944. The five-star tie clasp was a gift to him. Credit: NAVY.

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It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter

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Expressions using "clasp": clasp hands ♦ clasp knife ♦ Clasp lock ♦ clasp one's hands ♦ clasp smb. in one's arms ♦ clasp smb.'s hand ♦ ornamental clasp ♦ spring clasp ♦ Vachette clasp. Additional references.

Beginning with "clasp": clasp-knife, clasp-pin.

Ending with "clasp": dragon-clasp, hand-clasp.

Albanian

tokëz (buckle, fastener, fastening), shtrëngoj në krahë, shtrëngoj (bind, brace, buckle, clamp, clench, clip, clutch, coerce, compel, compress, constrict, enforce, fasten, force, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, jam, keep, oblige, pinch, press, restrict, screw, shake, squash, squeeze, strain, strangle, tighten, vice, wring), shtrëngim duarsh (handshake), mbërthej (brace, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize, snatch), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, snatch, uptake), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كبشة ابزيم, ‏مصافحة (handshake, shake, shake hands on smth.), ‏مشبك (brace, buckle, clip, fastener, fibula, paper clip, pin), ‏قطعة فضية متصلة بشريط المدالية, ‏قبضة (authority, clutch, control, fist, fistful, grip, handful, hold, holding, pinch), ‏قبض على (apprehend, capture, catch, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, seize upon, take hold of), ‏حضنة (nest), ‏حضن (baby sit, bosom, cuddle, enfold, kiss, lap, nestle, nurture, stain), ‏عناق (caress, conversion, cuddle, embracing, grasp, hug, hugging, squeeze), ‏عانق (caress, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fold, grasp, hug, lock, neck, pet, press), ‏صافح (palm, shake, shake hands with smb.), ‏إبزيم (buckle, fastening, fibula), ‏شبك بابزيم. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сребърна пластинка на орден, стискам (clench, grasp, pinch, press, screw, set, squeeze), тока (buckle, ouch), катарама, клипс (clip, slip, snap), закачам (append, bangle, catch, dangle, graze, hang, hang out, hang up, hitch, hook, jive, jolly, pin on, pin up, put up, rib, ride, roast, rough-house, tease, tooth, twit), прегръщам (canoodle, clinch, cling, cradle, cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, fold, inarm, pet), прегръдка (cuddle, embrace, hug), прихващам (contract, pick up). (various references)

Chinese 

觼 (buckle, ring), 钩子. (various references)

Czech

spona (brace, buckle, copula, hasp), sevření (clutch, constriction, grip, holdfast, pinch, squeeze), sevřít (clench, close, clutch, constrict, grasp, grip, gripe, hem in, lock in), sepnout (pin, pin together), sepìtí, přezka (buckle), objetí (cuddle, embrace, hug), obejmout (embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, hug, inarm). (various references)

Danish

clip (clamp, clip, paper clip), spænde (stenter, stretching, tenter), klemme (binding, clamp, terminal, terminals), klamme (brace, bracket, clamp, curly bracket), extensiosboejle (clamp), boejle (arch, bandelette, brace, clamp, clothes-hanger, coat-hanger, stay), anker (anchor), agraf (clamp). (various references)

Dutch

vasthaken (hitch on, hook on). (various references)

Esperanto

agrafo (hook), agrafi. (various references)

Faeroese

hekti (hook). (various references)

Farsi 

قلاب (Buckle, Crampon, Creel, Frog, Grapple, Hank, Hook, Link, Pennant, Tach, Uncus), گیره قزن قفلی , جفت چپراست , دراغوش گرفتن (Cuddle, Embrace, Entwine, Hug), بستن (Assess, Attach, Bang, Bar, Belt, Bind, Bloc, Block, Blockade, Choke, Coagulate, Congeal, Cork, Curdle, Gird, Hasp, Impute, Jam, Jell, Knit, Obturate, Padlock, Pen, Picket, Plug, Seal, Shut, Steek, Tighten, Truss, Wattle). (various references)

Finnish

solki (buckle, clip), säppi (latch), haka (bolt, hook, pasture paddock). (various references)

French

agrafe (clamp, clip, paper clip), fermoir, agrafer. (various references)

German

spange (bangle, bar, barrette, bracelet, buckle, hair slide, hasp, hook, strap), verschluss (breech, breechlock, catch, clash, closure, cloture, fastener, lid, lock, lockage, occlusion, seal, shutter, stopper, top), umklammern (clinch, cling to, embrace, grip, hold, hug, to clasp, to clip, wrap one's arms around), schließe (fastener, fastening, hasp). (various references)

Greek 

σφίγγω (clamp, clench, clinch, clip, constrict, cramp, enfold, grasp, grip, gripe, squeeze, strangulate, tighten), πόρπη (brooch, buckle, clip, hasp). (various references)

Hebrew 

תפש (grip, hold), הדק (brace, clip, terminal point, trigger), כבנה (brooch, hairnet), אטב (clip, fastener), אבזם (buckle), חבוק (attached, caressing, embrace, embraced, embracing, hug, hugging), עזק (bandage, ring), רכיסה (buttoning, fastening), קרס (hook, rack, stud), ללפות (embrace), להדק (brace, clip, constrict, fasten, make fast, snug, strain, tie, tighten), לאבוק (embrace), לחבוק (clinch, clutch, embrace, fondle), לחיצה (compression, gripe, jam, pressure, push), לפיתה (grasp, holding, tenacity), ללפף (coil, embrace, enwrap, involve, wind), עזקה (ring). (various references)

Hungarian

csat (buckle, fastener, hasp, Morse, snap), ölelés (cole, cuddle, embrace), kapocs (brace, buckle, chape, clench, clip, fastener, hasp, hook and eye, link, locket, snap, staple, strap), kampó (clench, crook, crotchet, dog, hanger, hook, loop), kézszorítás (handgrip, handshake). (various references)

Indonesian

cantelan (clip, hook), cangkum (embrace, hug), jepitan (catch, twezers), gesper (buckle). (various references)

Italian

gancio (catch, clip, crook, crotchet, fastener, fastening, hanger, hook), fermaglio (clip, fastener, hasp). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鞐 , 留金 (snap fastener), 留め金　 (snap fastener), 留め金 (snap fastener), 留め具 (latch), 締め金 (buckle, clamp), 止め金 (snap fastener). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しめがね (buckle, clamp), こはぜ, とめがね (snap fastener), とめぐ (latch). (various references)

Manx

greim laue (handshake), cur greim laue da, clespal. (various references)

Norwegian

omfavne (clinch, embrace, hug), hekte (hook). (various references)

Pig Latin

aspclay.(various references)

Portuguese

fivela (loop), fecho (closure, hasp, lock, locket, snap). (various references)

Romanian

clemã (clamp, cleat, cramp, fastener, Gib, holdfast, paper clip, yoke), cataramã (buckle, hasp, shackle), cârlig (clamp, crook, crotchet, Fang, grapnel, grapple, hanger, harpoon, hook, peg, staple), scoabã (bracer, chisel, clamp, clench, clincher, clip, cramp, crampon, dog, Gib, gouge, link, staple, strap, yoke), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start, take), fixa în scoabe, fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), strângere de mânã (handgrip, handshake, shake), strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), ţine strâns în minã, agrafã (brooch, cramp, fastener, hairpin, hook, snap, staple), închide (bar, block, bolt, cage, chest, clap up, clench, close, closet, comprise, confine, contain, crib, darken, embay, enclose, fasten, furl, girdle, half-shut, heal, hem, impound, imprison, include, lock, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut the works down, stopper), încheietoare (fastener, snap), încãtãrãma (buckle), îmbrãţişare (embrace, embracing, hug), îmbrãţişa (cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, enfold, enlace, entwine, fold, grasp, hug, span, wrap). (various references)

Russian 

сжимать (clench, compress, constrict, contract, grip, jam, pinch, shrank, shrunk, squeeze, squeezed, strain, strangulate, tighten, vice, vise), рукопожатие (handshake, shake), обвиваться (wreathe), обнимать (cuddle, embosom, embrace, enclasp, fold, hug, inarm), застегивать (buckle up, hook, zip up), застежка (fastener, hasp), зажим (adapter, clamp, clinch, clip, cramp, dog, grip, gripe, lock), пряжка (barrette, buckle, ouch), пожатие (handgrip). (various references)

Scottish

clasp, claspa (a clasp), clabar-nasg (the clasp of wooden cow collar). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zakopčati (buckle, button up, do up, enclasp), stisak (grip, squeeze), stegnuti (clench, compress, constrict, press, tighten), obuhvatiti (comprehend, cover, envelop, implicate, include, involve, span), kopča (buckle, clasp-pin, fastening, hasp, hook, snap), šnala (buckle, hairpin). (various references)

Spanish

broche (breast pin, broach, brooch, clip, fastener, hasp, pin). (various references)

Swedish

lås (fastener, fastening, lock, padlock), knäppe (fastener, fastening). (various references)

Turkish

kucaklamak (canoodle, caress, clasp smb. in one's arms, cuddle, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclasp, enfold, fold in one's arms, give a hug, give smb. a hug, hug, infold, snuggle, strain smb. to one's breast), el ele tutuşmak, el sıkma (handgrip, handshake, shake of the hand), harekât nişanı, kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, chuck, cinch, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, bite, catch, catch on, clench, clip, clutch, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, latch on to, nail, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, seize, sum up, twig, understand), kenet (clamp, crampiron, crampon, crampoon, holdfast), kopça (buckle, eyelet, frog, hasp, hook, snap), bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, guy, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed), kucaklama (caress, cuddle, embrace, embracing, hug, hugging, squeeze), tutturmak (attach, be hung up on, bind, bond, braid, clip, fasten, hasp, infix, insist, latch, pin, rub in, seam together, stereotype, stick, stick together, tack, tack together), sıkıca tutmak, sıkma (constriction, extrusion, gripping, harassment, pressing, squeeze, squeezing, wring), sarılma (convolution, cuddle, cuddling, embrace, grapple, hug, hugging, twine), sarılmak (arm, be wrapped, canoodle, clasp smb. in one's arms, cling, clip, coil, coil up, cuddle, give a hug, give smb. a hug, hold on, hug, snuggle, twine, wind), toka (bobby pin, buckle, clip, fastener, fibula, grip, hairgrip, handshake, hasp, ouch, slide), tokalaşma (handshake, shake hands), tokalamak, kopçalamak (fasten, hasp). (various references)

Ukrainian

стискати (astringe, constrict, contract, cramp, jam, nip, pinch, straiten, strangulate, throttle, tighten), стискання (clench, compression, constringency, jam, pinching), тиснути (nuddle, press, steamroller), обіймати (embosom, embrace, enfold, fold, jump at), обійми (cuddle, embrace, embranchment), надівати (get on, put on, robe, settle, tog), застібка (chape, fastener, fibula, hasp, placket, snap), застібати (button, hasp), затискач (barnacle, clamp, cleat, clench, clinch, clip, cramp), затискати (nip), пряжка (buckle), потиск (squeeze). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cái móc (catch, caught, crook, detent, fastener, fastening, guard-chain, hanger, hook, loop). (various references)

amplectens, amplectentem, amplectere, amplexus, conplexus, conplexusque, fibula, fibulam, fibulas, iuncta, iunctae, iunctaeque, iunctas, iuncti, iunctis, iuncto, iunctura, iuncturae, iuncturam, iuncturas, iuncturis, iunctus, iungamus, iungantur, iungatur, iunge, iungebantur, iungebat, iungenda, iungentes, iungentur, iungere, iungeremus, iungerentur, iungerer, iungeretur, iungeris, iunges, iungimur, iungit, iungite, iunxerit, iunxerunt, iunxeruntque, iunxit. (various references)

beclyppan, clyppan. (various references)

estreindre, tassel. (various references)

spange. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "clasp": clasped, clasper, claspers, clasping, clasps, claspt. (additional references)

Words ending with "clasp": beclasp, enclasp, handclasp, inclasp, reclasp, tieclasp, unclasp. (additional references)

Words containing "clasp": beclasped, beclasping, beclasps, enclasped, enclasping, enclasps, handclasps, inclasped, inclasping, inclasps, reclasped, reclasping, reclasps, tieclasps, unclasped, unclasping, unclasps. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Clasp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blasp, Casp, chasp, Cilacap, Claesz, clapp, clapse, clapt, clas, Clasby, clase, clasm, clast, claup, claze, cleep, cliep, Clispa, cls, Clsa, elasp, hclas, Klas, Klasp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: claps, scalp.

-1 letter: alps, caps, clap, lacs, laps, pacs, pals, salp, slap.

-2 letters: alp, als, asp, cap, lac, lap, las, pac, pal, pas, sac, sal, sap, spa.

-3 letters: al, as, la, pa.

+1 letter: clamps, clasps, claspt, copals, pascal, places, placks, scalps.

+2 letters: alpacas, apicals, beclasp, caliphs, calpacs, calypso, capfuls, capless, caplets, caplins, capsule, carpals, carpels, chapels, clasped, clasper, copalms, copulas, cupolas, cypsela, enclasp, escalop, inclasp, palaces, parcels, pascals, paschal, placers, placets, plaices, plasmic, plastic, psalmic, reclasp, scaleup, scallop, scalped, scalpel, scalper, scapula, scopula, spacial, spackle, spancel, special, specula, spicula, unclasp, upscale.