clasped
past simple and past participle ofclasp
clasp
verb[T]
uk/klɑːsp/us/klæsp/toholdsomeone or somethingfirmlyinyourhandsorarms:
He was clasping thevasetightly,terrifiedofdroppingit.
Lie onyourback, claspyourkneesandpullthem down towardsyourchest.
She clasped hersoninherarms.
to hold someone or something
- holdCan you hold this for a moment?
- claspHe reached out to clasp her hand.
- gripThe baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
- clutchSilent and pale, she clutched her mother's hand.
- clingOne little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy.
- hang onThe child was hanging on to her mother's skirt.
Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- chokehold
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- cup
- dandle
- grasp
- grip
- hand in handidiom
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim deathidiom
- nurse
- onto
- purchase
- seize
- taken
Examplesofclasped
clasped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A skeletonclaspedme in its fleshless arms.
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She felt it probe inside and let her weight rest there, then sheclaspedhim tighter and stopped thinking ' ' (39).
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In general, they depict excessively fat individuals with enormous swollen belliesclaspedby the figure's arms and legs.
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Cross one ankle over the other, the hands are then crossed,claspedand inverted.
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Once mating began, the male released his grasp of the two anterior pairs of legs and held themclaspedto his body, and the female became quiescent.
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He stretched out his hand and grasped mine; then heclaspedmy hand with both of his.
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They sit with handsclasped, with nothing to do.
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Those two great monarchsclaspedhands of friendship and of affection, and that might and ought to be the symbol and emblem of the whole of the two nations.
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Twenty putters were found lyingclaspedhand in hand, huddled together in that long last sleep of death.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mold each has two plates that areclaspedtightly together and attached to long handles for manipulating over a charcoal stove.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Females will oviposit in vegetation such as water iris whileclaspedby males.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When a moth flies into the basket formed by the spider's legs, it isclaspedand bitten, and later wrapped in araneid-like fashion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the doubters heard this, they became nervously deferential, paled,claspedtheir hands together, and backed away from their mats.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fire mark is decorated with the symbol of the fourclaspedright hands.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They always remained frozen in the way heclaspedthem during meditation.
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- statutory responsibility
- statutory restriction
- statutory sector
- Statutory Sick Pay
- statutory-sick-pay
- stained glass
- stained-glass
- stained-glass window
- staining
- stainless
- stainless steel
- stainless-steel
- stair
- staircase
- staircasing
- stair climbing
- stair hall
- stairlift
- stairs
- stair tower
- stairway
- stairwell
- stake
- stake a claim
- stake-a-claim