clinch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clinch	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for clinch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clinch n (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily a small slip noose made with seizing Synonym(s): clinch, clench the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together Synonym(s): clamp, clinch a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug" Synonym(s): hug, clinch, squeeze v secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall" hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel" Synonym(s): clench, clinch embrace amorously flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched" settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[icr]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[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.
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.