Clench & Clinch (variant)

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to close (the hands, teeth, etc.) tightly. 

2. to grasp firmly; grip. 

3. clinch (def. 1). 

4. clinch (defs. 2–4).  



–verb (used without object) 

5. to close or knot up tightly: His [hands] clenched as he faced his enemy.  



–noun 

6. the act of clenching. 

7. a tight hold; grip. 

8. something that clenches or holds fast. 

9. clinch (defs. 9, 11, 12).  



—Synonyms 

2. clasp (緊抱緊握), clutch. (抓住攫取)





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clench, clinch (vv.) 

 

Clinch is a variant of clench, 



and both mean "to close or grip tightly," as in He clenched his [fist], 

and "to bend nails over to make them hold firmly," as in He pounded the nails flat, clinching them [into] the plywood. (夾板) 



But clinch also means "to settle a deal," as in His agreement to our terms clinched the [deal], 

and "to make a victory secure," as in His ninth-inning home run clinched the [win] for our side. 



In boxing, clinch is both verb, describing two boxers trapping each other’s arms in such a way that neither can strike the other, and noun, meaning the act itself. 



There are also familiar slang meanings, taken figuratively from the boxing senses, meaning "to embrace" and "an embrace," respectively. 





　

While hanging with Adrian, Maya learns the pleasures of intimidation, illustrated in a scene in which Adrian commands the sycophant to smoke a cigarette clenched [between] Maya’s toes. In moments like this it becomes clear that "Descent" — which was written by Ms. Lugacy and her cousin Brian Priest — is not just about the personal experience of rape, but rape as a metaphor for sexual, racial and cultural dominance, and the inadequacy of cruelty as a response. 





fang gnash

peg 

prosthesis prosthetic

shin

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