1. Hold firmly and tightly 
2. Fasten with or as if with a brooch
   - brooch 
3. Fasten with a buckle or buckles
   - buckle 
4. Grasp firmly
   "The child clasped my hands"

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"
   - clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold

Derived forms: clasping, clasped, clasps

Type of: clutch, fasten, fastener, fastening, fix, fixing, grasp, grasping, hold on, holdfast, prehend [archaic], prehension, secure, seize, seizing, taking hold

Antonym: unclasp

Part of: bag, bangle, bracelet, handbag, pocketbook, purse

Encyclopedia: Clasp

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