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| Shopping | The largest selection of CLINCH products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | klih'nch |
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| Rhymes | cinch, finch, flinch, and 6 more rhymes in ihnch... |
| Meaning | (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily. |
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| Category | boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs |
| Broader | maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action |
| Meaning | A small slip noose made with seizing. |
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| Synonyms | clench |
| Category | vessel, watercraft |
| Broader | noose, running noose, slip noose |
| Narrower | double clinch; inside clinch; outside clinch |
| Verbs | clinch |
| Meaning | The flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet. |
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| Part of | bolt; nail; rivet |
| Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing |
| Meaning | A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together. |
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| Synonyms | clamp |
| Broader | holding device |
| Narrower | bench clamp; C-clamp; cramp; pipe vise, pipe clamp; press |
| Meaning | A tight or amorous embrace. |
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| Synonyms | hug, squeeze |
| Broader | embrace, embracing, embracement |
| Verbs | clinch |
| Meaning | Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The girder was clinched into the wall" |
| Similar to | clinch |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| Nouns | clinch |
| Meaning | Hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Broader | hold, take hold |
| Meaning | Hold in a tight grasp. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | clench |
| Broader | seize, prehend, clutch |
| Nouns | clinch |
| Meaning | Embrace amorously. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Broader | embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze |
| Meaning | Flatten the ends (of nails and rivets). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "the nails were clinched" |
| Similar to | clinch |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| Meaning | Settle conclusively. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "clinch a deal" |
| Broader | settle, square off, square up, determine |
| Nouns | clincher |
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