| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To fasten, buckle, clamp, affix or thicken.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To connect, attach, bind, join or link. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To clutch, grasp, grip or handle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To enclose or append.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb clasp.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (clasp) | 1. Hold firmly and tightly.[Wordnet]. 2. Fasten with or as if with a brooch.[Wordnet]. 3. Fasten with a buckle or buckles.[Wordnet]. 4. Grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands".[Wordnet]. 5. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).[Websters]. 6. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.[Websters]. 7. To surround and cling to; to entwine about.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: clasping, clasped, clasps, clasper, claspers, claspingly and claspedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CLASPING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CLASPING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Twining round; catching and holding; embracing; inclosing; shutting or fastening with a clasp.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of clasp. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: clasp
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Akers' clasp | An Akers' clasp is the classic direct retainer for removable partial dentures. Named after its inventor, Polk E. Akers, this suprabulge clasp consists of a rest, a guide plate, a retentive arm and a reciprocal arm. Akers' clasps, as a rule, face away from an edentulous area. Should they face the edentulous area, they are termed reverse Akers' clasps. (references) | ||
| Bocklebee Clasp | The Bocklebee Clasp, more commonly known as a ring clamp or ring clasp, is found almost exclusively on jewelry. It was invented by American Stephen Bocklebee in 1898. Bocklebee felt that the clasps of that time, usually limited to the hook design, were inadequate for vigorous activity and movement. (references) | ||
| Campaign clasp | A Campaign clasp is an attachment to a military award consisting of a metal bar which is pinned to the upper cloth portion of an award medal. Campaign clasps may also be known as battle clasps, service clasps, or award clasps. Campaign clasps may denote battle credit for which the award was authorized, some special achievement above the normal criteria for the medal, to distinguish the geographical area in which the medal was earned, or as some special recognition to the medal’s recipient. (references) | ||
| Clasp knife | 1: A large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: A large knife with one or more folding blades. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Clasp lock | A lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: clasp
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Clasp machine operator | Occupations | Tends automatic and semiautomatic machines that punch holes, trim or notch envelope ends, and affix clasps, reinforcing patches, and snap fasteners and string or wire ties to envelopes: Turns screws to adjust guides and stops of machines, such as clasp, eyeletter, patch, tension, and thumb cut to accommodate specified size envelopes, using handtools. Pours clasps, eyelets, snap fasteners, or other envelope parts into machine hoppers and mounts rolls of patching or reinforcing tape on machine spindles. Positions envelopes on feed bed or under operating heads of machines against guides and stops. Depresses hand or foot levers to actuate machines. Removes completed envelopes and packs them in carton or box. (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: clasp
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| CLASP | English | Computer liftoff and staging program | N/A | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: clasp | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| U-boat Front Clasp | 7 | Akers' clasp | 2 | |
| Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe | 4 | Bocklebee Clasp | 3 | |
| Close Combat Clasp | 4 | Clasp | 3 | |
| Clasp | 3 | Close Combat Clasp | 4 | |
| Lobster clasp | 3 | Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe | 4 | |
| Bocklebee Clasp | 3 | Lobster clasp | 3 | |
| Akers' clasp | 2 | U-boat Front Clasp | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
