Clinched : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Clinched	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Clinched
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clinched adj closed or squeezed together tightly; "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth" Synonym(s): clenched, clinched
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[icr]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. [bd]Clinch the pointed spear.[b8] --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.