clasp

clasp is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp). Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
2. transitive verb. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
3. transitive verb. To surround and cling to; to entwine about.
4. noun. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
5. noun. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
6. noun. the act of grasping

   "he released his clasp on my arm"

   "he has a strong grip for an old man"

   Synonyms: clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold

7. noun. a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
8. verb. hold firmly and tightly
9. verb. grasp firmly

   "The child clasped my hands"

10. verb. fasten with a buckle or buckles

    Synonyms: buckle

11. verb. fasten with or as if with a brooch

    Synonyms: brooch

Synonyms

clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold, buckle, brooch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in clasp:

claps, scalp

Common word forms

clasps, clasped, clasper, clasping

Words from these letters

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