clench
Meaning of clench
verb
- (with reference to the fingers or hand) close into a tight ball, especially as a manifestation of extreme anger.
she clenched her fists, struggling for control
Ian's right hand clenched into a fist
- a contraction or tightening of part of the body.
she saw the anger rise, saw the clench of his fists
Old English (in the sense of clinch ‘fix securely’): of Germanic origin; related to cling.
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Hyphenation of clench
clench
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
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clench synonyms
Meaning clinch:
Meaning clasp:
clasp, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
Meaning the process in which a muscle becomes or is made shorter and tighter:
Meaning make or become tight or tighter:
Meaning become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness:
Meaning the state of being stretched tight:
Meaning make narrower, especially by encircling pressure:
Meaning painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, typically caused by fatigue or strain:
Translation of clench
- German: umschlingen, umklammern, Griff
- Italian: presa, stretta
- Spanish: agarre, sujeción
Words that rhyme with clench
Bench, alebench, backbench, bench, crossbench, disbench, drawbench, frontbench, unbench, workbench, Brodench, Dench, Hench, kench, blench, elench, flench, lench, plench, unclench, witherblench, wlench, French, Wrench, adrench, bedrench, countertrench, detrench, disintrench, drench, entrench, french, indrench, intrench, monkeywrench, outwrench, overdrench, reintrench, retrench, subtrench, trench, unwrench, upwrench, wrench, Tench, bestench, stench, tench, aquench, quench
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