ALL meanings of clench
clench
C c - verb clench When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry. 3
- verb clench When you clench your teeth or they clench, you squeeze your teeth together firmly, usually because you are angry or upset. 3
- verb clench If you clench something in your hand or in your teeth, you hold it tightly with your hand or your teeth. 3
- verb clench to close or squeeze together (the teeth, a fist, etc) tightly 3
- verb clench to grasp or grip firmly 3
- noun clench a firm grasp or grip 3
- noun clench a device that grasps or grips, such as a clamp 3
- verb transitive clench clinch (vt. 1) 3
- verb transitive clench to bring together tightly; close (the teeth or fist) firmly 3
- verb transitive clench to grip tightly 3
- noun clench a firm grip 3
- noun clench a device that clenches 3
- transitive verb clench muscle, fist, jaw: make tense 1
- intransitive verb clench muscle, fist, jaw: tense 1
- transitive verb clench grasp, grip with hand 1
- transitive verb clench victory: clinch 1
- verb with object clench to close (the hands, teeth, etc.) tightly. 1
- verb with object clench to grasp firmly; grip. 1
- verb with object clench clinch (def 1). 1
- verb with object clench clinch (defs 2–4). 1
- verb without object clench to close or knot up tightly: His hands clenched as he faced his enemy. 1
- noun clench the act of clenching. 1
- noun clench a tight hold; grip. 1
- noun clench something that clenches or holds fast. 1
- noun clench clinch (defs 9, 11, 12). 1
- noun clench (with reference to the fingers or hand ) close into a tight ball, especially when feeling extreme anger. 1
- noun clench Tight grip. 0
- noun clench (engineering) A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings. 0
- noun clench A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion. 0
- verb clench To squeeze; to grip or hold tightly. 0
- verb clench To move two parts of something against each other. 0