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clenched
clench C0401100 (klĕnch)tr.v. clenched, clench·ing, clench·es 1. To close tightly: clench one's teeth; clenched my fists in anger.2. To grasp or grip tightly: clenched the steering wheel.3. To clinch (a bolt, for example).n.1. A tight grip or grasp.2. Something, such as a mechanical device, that clenches or holds fast.
[Middle English clenchen, from Old English -clencan (in beclencan, to hold fast).]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | clenched - closed or squeezed together tightly; "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth"clinchedtight - closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest" |
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