1. Verb
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. Verb
To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
3. Verb
To surround and cling to; to entwine about.
4. Noun
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. Noun
A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
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