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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch), n. 1. 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. 2. A pun. --Pope. 3. (Naut.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as to clinch the teeth or the first --Swift. 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. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as to clinch an argument. --South. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clinch \Clinch\, v. i. To hold fast to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clinch n 1: (in boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily 2: a small slip noose made with seizing 3: a nail with its point bent over [syn: {clench}] 4: a tight embrace [syn: {hug}] v 1: secure by clinching 2: hold in a tight grasp; "The boxer clinched his opponent"; "clench a steering wheel" [syn: {clench}] 3: flatten the ends (of nails and rivets)
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