Definition of clinch

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Clinch (v. t.) 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..

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Clinch :: Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
Unclench :: Unclench (v. t.) Same as Unclinch.
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.
Fist :: Fist (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow..
Rove :: Rove (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..
Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support..
Riveting :: Riveting (n.) The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument..
Clincher :: Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
Clincher-built :: Clincher-built (a.) See Clinker-built.
Unclinch :: Unclinch (v. t.) To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist..
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A pun.
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first..
Clinched :: Clinched (imp. & p. p.) of Clinc.
Fasten :: Fasten (v. i.) To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
Clench :: Clench (n. & v. t.) See Clinch.
Clinch :: Clinch (n.) 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..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
Rivet :: Rivet (n.) A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends..
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