clinch

1. v. t. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. Source: opted

2. v. t. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Source: opted

3. v. t. 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. Source: opted

4. v. t. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. Source: opted

5. v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. A pun. Source: opted

8. n. 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. Source: opted

9. n. (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily Source: wordnet

10. n. a small slip noose made with seizing Source: wordnet

11. n. the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet Source: wordnet

12. n. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together Source: wordnet

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