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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily;

2. a small slip noose made with seizing;
[syn: clinch, clench]

3. the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet;

4. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together;
[syn: clamp, clinch]

5. a tight or amorous embrace;
- Example: "come here and give me a big hug"
[syn: hug, clinch, squeeze]


VERB (6)

1. secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts;
- Example: "The girder was clinched into the wall"

2. hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches;

3. hold in a tight grasp;
- Example: "clench a steering wheel"
[syn: clench, clinch]

4. embrace amorously;

5. flatten the ends (of nails and rivets);
- Example: "the nails were clinched"

6. settle conclusively;
- Example: "clinch a deal"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen,
   prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
   klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]
   1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
      tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." --Dryden.
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   2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
      the teeth or the first. --Swift.
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   3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
      driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
      to clinch a nail.
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   4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
      clinch an argument. --South.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clinch \Clinch\, v. i.
   To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp
   one another.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch), n.
   1. 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.
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   2. A pun. --Pope.
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   3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to
      the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to
      the ringbolts.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clinch
    n 1: (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to
         avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
    2: a small slip noose made with seizing [syn: clinch,
       clench]
    3: the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
    4: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things
       firmly together [syn: clamp, clinch]
    5: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
       [syn: hug, clinch, squeeze]
    v 1: secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts;
         "The girder was clinched into the wall"
    2: hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent
       punches
    3: hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel" [syn:
       clench, clinch]
    4: embrace amorously
    5: flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were
       clinched"
    6: settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"