meaning of clasp
1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about.
4. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
5. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
6. CLASP Computer Language for AeronauticS and Programming. A real-time language from NASA focussing on fixed-point mathematics. CLASP is a near subset of SPL, with some ideas from PL/I. ["Flight Computer and Language Processor Study", Raymond J. Rubey, Management Information Services, Detroit, 1971].
7. the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the
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Related Words
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