clasp
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
Types & categories
- fastening hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
hold firmly and tightly
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of grasping
he released his clasp on my arm
Types & categories
- taking hold hypernym
- choke hold hyponym
- embrace hyponym
- wrestling hold hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
fasten with or as if with a brooch
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
fasten with a buckle or buckles
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
grasp firmly
The child clasped my hands
Types & categories
- clutch hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buckle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brooch |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | handbag |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bangle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fastening |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unclasp |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grasp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hug |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grasp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clasp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cling to |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clasp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grip |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clench |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grapple |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | taking hold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke hold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | embrace |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestling hold |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | brooch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | clasp |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | unbuckle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | buckle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | clasp |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | unclasp |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |