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单词 unclinch
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unclinchv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈklɪn(t)ʃ/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˌənˈklɪn(t)ʃ/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and clinch v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, clinch v.1
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + clinch v.1 Compare unclench v.
1.
a. transitive. To prise or force open (a person's tightly closed hand, a grip, etc.); to cause to open; = unclench v. 2a. Also figurative.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > let go (something held or grasped) [verb (transitive)] > loosen from a grasp or hold
unclinch1598
release1799
unclench1865
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sbrancare,..to rid or free from any pawes or clawes, to vnclinch.
1682 H. Dorney in Divine Contempl. (1684) iii. 379 When thou hast unclinch'd his hands, he shall never clinch again.
1798 Let. to Inhabitants of Great Brit. 43 Chance may..exalt depressed virtue; and, unclinching the grip of the sordid, may fill the open hand of unwealthy liberality.
1835 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 22 May Oh monster tick!..Neither thunder, nor death itself, can unclinch thy ruthless jaws.
1919 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 14 40 The young men who had been trying to unclinch her fists at last succeeded.
2013 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 1 Sept. 30 How could he unclinch closed minds about this dynamo?
b. transitive. To relax or open (one's tightly closed hand, fist, etc.); = unclench v. 2b. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)] > clench > unclench
unclinch1699
unclench1712
ungraspa1784
1699 S. Garth Dispensary v. 66 The Hero thus his Enterprise recalls, His Fist unclinches, and the Weapon falls.
1720 Humourist 25 The Miser, when Love has once warm'd his Heart, unclinches both his Fists, and throws away his Money in Handfuls.
1752 E. Young Brothers iv. i Unclinch thy talons from thy prey.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess iv. 37 Clinching and unclinching his great hand.
1908 Out West Mar. 238 Blood rises in his mouth, which he spews out when he must—it is an effort to unclinch his teeth.
2009 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 25 Feb. 7 Obama should adamantly pursue friendship with those leaders who are prepared to unclinch their fists.
c. intransitive and reflexive. Of a tightly closed hand, fist, etc.: to relax; to open; = unclench v. 2c. Now rare.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > of the hand: unclench [verb (reflexive)]
unclincha1758
unclench1839
a1758 J. Edwards Serm. (1780) vii. 126 Many men cling to a false hope and embrace it so closely that they never let it go, till the flames of hell cause their arms to unclinch.
1886 L. L. Lynch Mountain Myst. lxiv. 400 One hand..hangs loosely at his side, where it clinches and unclinches itself.
1922 G. Chittenden in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1921 86 Simpson's hand unclinched and shame reddened his face.
1983 Fiction Rev. Mar. 20/2 His fists unclinched themselves and the anger and hate evaporated from his mind.
2. transitive. To loosen (a nail, esp. one used to attach a horseshoe) by prising up the point, when this has been bent over or flattened to secure it. Formerly also: †to remove the nails from (a horseshoe) (obsolete). Cf. unclench v. 1.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 90/1 Unclinch the shooe, is to beat those clinched ends of Nails up again out of the hoof, that the shooe may be taken of.
1796 W. Taplin Compend. Pract. & Exper. Farriery 169 In such a state of sullen indifference they take up the foot, half unclinch the nails, and then tear off the shoe.
1864 E. Mayhew Illustr. Horse Managem. iii. 128 The shoe is hurriedly torn from the hoof, without the nails being properly unclinched.
1891 Belleville (Kansas) Telescope 24 July Unclinch the nails with a hammer, and bit of steel in the usual manner.
1942 E. Williams Let. 8 Feb. in S. Niederman Quilt of Words (1988) 208 The most tedious part was a half a day spent in unclinching nails in the walls.
2000 H. S. Thomas Storey's Guide to raising Horses iv. 86 The shoe is easiest to remove..if you first unclinch the nails that are still holding.

Derivatives

unˈclinching n. (a) the action of loosening a nail by prising up the point, which has been bent over or flattened to secure it (now rare); (b) the action of relaxing one's tightly closed fist, grasp, etc.; cf. unclenching n. at unclench v. Derivatives.figurative in quot. 1688.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > [noun] > clenching teeth, fist, etc. > unclenching
unclenching1688
unclinching1688
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [noun]
undoinga1425
leesingc1440
loosing1482
dissolution1548
unlocking1568
unloosing1578
loosening1598
unbinding1598
untying1598
abstriction1650
unclenching1688
unclinching1688
apoptosis1749
unreeving1775
unloosening1793
1688 R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. 158 When the Word was once pass'd, and the Charge Rivetted to Somerset-House, there was No Recalling, No Unclinching of it.
1876 Boston Daily Advertiser 7 Nov. This sudden unclinching of the grasp which inclosed so much.
1942 Nassau County Hist. Jrnl. Mar. 22 The unclinching of a horse-shoe nail in the hoof of a lowly plough-horse.
1988 Port Arthur (Texas) News 11 Jan. 2 a/6 Symptoms of someone using acid are hyperactivity, clinching and unclinching of fists and teeth,..paranoia and hallucinations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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