Found 2 items, similar to Clinched.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: clinched
clinched
adj : closed or squeezed together tightly;
“a clenched fist”;
“his
clenched (or clinched) teeth” [syn:
clenched]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Clinched
Clinch
\Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Clinching.] [OE. clenchen,
prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
klinken to tinkle, rivet. See
Clink.]
1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly.
“Clinch the pointed spear.” --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
3. 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.
[1913 Webster]
4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South.
[1913 Webster]