clasp

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: clenchclutchclutchesgraspgripholdbroochbuckle

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  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”Synonyms: clenchclutchclutchesgraspgriphold

Verb (4)

  1. hold firmly and tightly
  2. fasten with or as if with a broochSynonyms: brooch
  3. fasten with a buckle or bucklesSynonyms: buckle
  4. grasp firmly“The child clasped my hands”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Clasp \Clasp\ (kl[.a]sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clasped (kl[.a]spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]

1.To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp). [1913 Webster]

2.To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace. [1913 Webster]

3.To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Clasp \Clasp\, n.

1.An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc. [1913 Webster]

2.A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. [1913 Webster]

Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle.

Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Computer Language for AeronauticS and Programming CLASP

<language> (CLASP) A real-time language from NASA, focussing on fixed-point mathematics. CLASP is a near subset of SPL, with some ideas from PL/I.

["Flight Computer and Language Processor Study", Raymond J. Rubey, Management Information Services, Detroit, 1971].

(1994-10-13)

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