| 单词 | unclinching |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunˈclinching 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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