clench

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To grip or hold fast.
2. (ambitransitive) To close tightly.
3. (alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive) Alternative form of clinch (“bend and hammer a nail”).
4. (alt-of, ambitransitive, dated) Dated form of clinch (“make certain, finalize”).

Noun

1. (ambitransitive) A tight grip.
2. (alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive) Alternative form of clinch (“the act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed”).
3. (ambitransitive) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings.
4. (ambitransitive) A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion.
5. (ambitransitive, obsolete) A pun.

Conceptos

apretar

empuñar

morder

presión

presionar

prensar

agarrar

roblar

asir

Sinónimos

clinch

grip

grasp

hold

clasp

squeeze

clutch

tighten

purse

👛

clutches

compress

press

gnash

constrict

clamp

🗜️

press together

pinch

close tightly

cramp

gripe

grind

quibble

round

rounded

seize

set

settle

stirrup

strain

strangulate

strangulation

tightening

tongs

grasp tightly

hold tightly

pincer clamp

bite

clamp frame

brace up

clam

clenched

clip

confirm

constriction

depress

double

draw together

enfold

engage

fist

✊

Traducciones

stringere

serrer

zusammenbeißen

stretta

kavrama

sıkma

mandal

σφίξιμο

ballen

σφίγγω

presa

ballen

kavramak

andrücken

abbeißen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/klɛnt͡ʃ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: clenchen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: clenċan

Heredado de inglés antiguo: clenġan

In summary

From Middle English clenchen, from Old English clenċan (“to clinch; hold fast”), a variant of Old English clenġan (“to adhere; remain”), from Proto-Germanic *klangijaną, causative of *klinganą (“to stick; adhere”). Related to cling.