clasp
/klæsp/ verb C2- To take hold of; to grasp. · They clasped hands and parted as friends.
- To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
He/she/it clasps · Past clasped · Past participle clasped · -ing form clasping
Verb forms
- Base form
- clasp
- He/she/it
- clasps
- Past
- clasped
- Past participle
- clasped
- -ing form
- clasping
From the library
Baloo clasped his paws over his ears and rolled to and fro moaning.
She leaned back in the buggy, her thin hands clasped before her, her face lifted rapturously to the white splendor above.
Dropping her precious carpet-bag she sprang forward a step and clasped her hands.
Anne, sitting mutely on the ottoman, with her hands clasped tightly in her lap, stared at Mrs.
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