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plural clasps
A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps. examples
(in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake. examples
third-person singular simple present clasps, present participle clasping, simple past and past participle clasped
(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp. quotations examples
And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
The poor dear lady shivered, and I could see the tension of her nerves as she clasped her husband closer to her and bent her head lower and lower still on his breast.
1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library
To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp. examples