CLASP : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: CLASP	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for CLASP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clasp n a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing" Synonym(s): clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold v hold firmly and tightly Antonym(s): unclasp fasten with or as if with a brooch Synonym(s): brooch, clasp fasten with a buckle or buckles Synonym(s): buckle, clasp Antonym(s): unbuckle grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands" Antonym(s): unclasp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clasp \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.] 1. 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. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace. 3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. [bd]Clasping ivy.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clasp \Clasp\, n. 1. 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. 2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. {Clasp knife}, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. {Clasp lock}, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CLASP Computer Language for AeronauticS and Programming. A {real-time} language from NASA focussing on {fixed-point} mathematics. CLASP is a near subset of {SPL}, with some ideas from {PL/I}. ["Flight Computer and Language Processor Study", Raymond J. Rubey, Management Information Services, Detroit, 1971]. (1994-10-13)