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Meanings of clasp in anglès

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agafada

The act of grasping.

      agafada
      portuguès
      afivelar
      català
      botonar

      Fasten with a buckle or buckles.

          botonar
          portuguès
          agarrar
          català
          estrènyer
          espanyol
          sujetar

          Hold firmly and tightly.

                estrènyer
                portuguès
                acolchetar

                Fasten with or as if with a brooch.

                      acolchetar
                      Synonyms
                      Examples for "brooch"
                      Examples for "brooch"
                      1
                      And what about your brooch-thebrooch which you dropped in the room.
                      The Hand in the Dark
                      2
                      That trap for the owner of the brooch was a neat idea.
                      The Hand in the Dark
                      3
                      But Malcolm only laughed and fastened the brooch in her white dress.
                      Herb of Grace
                      4
                      For luck, I pinned on a brooch my father had given me.
                      The Water Witch
                      5
                      How many needles Betty Flanders had lost there; and her garnet brooch.
                      Jacob's Room
                      Usage of clasp in anglès
                      1
                      He pointed in turn to the rude ornamentation in the shell clasp.
                      54-40 or Fight
                      2
                      They thought about thread; they looked at lace; they considered the clasp.
                      Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
                      3
                      Each link as well as the clasp was made of clear glass.
                      The Neverending Story
                      4
                      All the players in each rank clasp hands in a long line.
                      School, Church, and Home Games
                      5
                      Almost in tears she undid the clasp and flung the collar away.
                      The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
                      6
                      The hands of the two official enemies met in a hearty clasp.
                      The Border Watch: A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand
                      7
                      The material good reverses its benefits the more nearly we clasp it.
                      Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
                      8
                      O Diagoras, I clasp thy knees; put thy right hand in mine.
                      Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
                      9
                      Let us bury the past; let us clasp hands and be friends.
                      The Lady of Blossholme
                      10
                      Her right arm moved naturally to clasp him tight, but her left-
                      In Enemy Hands
                      11
                      The tenseness of the clasp revealed the strain that was upon her.
                      The Rose in the Ring
                      12
                      She caught his in both of hers, in a soft lingering clasp.
                      The House of Toys
                      13
                      She unfastened the clasp and seated herself in his most comfortable chair.
                      The Yellow Crayon
                      14
                      He took his clasp-knife and dug a little hole in the ground.
                      The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
                      15
                      Unfasten the clasp, fool; we will replace it with this pin here.
                      Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
                      16
                      To touch her, to clasp her hand, was a thing beyond hope.
                      The sleeper awakes
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                      Translations for clasp
                      Clasp through the time
                      Clasp across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Less common