| slovo | definícia |
clinch
(mass) | clinch
- objatie |
clinch
(encz) | clinch,objetí Zdeněk Brož |
clinch
(encz) | clinch,sevření n: Zdeněk Brož |
clinch
(encz) | clinch,sevřít Zdeněk Brož |
Clinch
(gcide) | Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen,
prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]
1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." --Dryden.
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2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.
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3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
to clinch a nail.
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4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South.
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Clinch
(gcide) | Clinch \Clinch\, v. i.
To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp
one another.
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Clinch
(gcide) | Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch), n.
1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to
hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to
get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to
secure anything by a clinch.
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2. A pun. --Pope.
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3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to
the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to
the ringbolts.
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clinch
(wn) | clinch
n 1: (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to
avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
2: a small slip noose made with seizing [syn: clinch,
clench]
3: the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
4: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things
firmly together [syn: clamp, clinch]
5: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
[syn: hug, clinch, squeeze]
v 1: secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts;
"The girder was clinched into the wall"
2: hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent
punches
3: hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel" [syn:
clench, clinch]
4: embrace amorously
5: flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were
clinched"
6: settle conclusively; "clinch a deal" |
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clinched
(encz) | clinched,zajistil si Zdeněk Brož |
clincher
(encz) | clincher,přesvědčivý důkaz Zdeněk Brožclincher,určující faktor Zdeněk Brož |
clincher-built
(encz) | clincher-built, adj: |
clinches
(encz) | clinches, |
double clinch
(encz) | double clinch, n: |
inside clinch
(encz) | inside clinch, n: |
outside clinch
(encz) | outside clinch, n: |
Clinch
(gcide) | Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen,
prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]
1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." --Dryden.
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2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.
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3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
to clinch a nail.
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4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South.
[1913 Webster]Clinch \Clinch\, v. i.
To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp
one another.
[1913 Webster]Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch), n.
1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to
hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to
get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to
secure anything by a clinch.
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2. A pun. --Pope.
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3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to
the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to
the ringbolts.
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Clinched
(gcide) | Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen,
prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]
1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." --Dryden.
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2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.
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3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
to clinch a nail.
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4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South.
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Clincher
(gcide) | Clincher \Clinch"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
--Pope.
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2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive
argument.
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Clincher-built
(gcide) | Clincher-built \Clinch"er-built\, a.
See Clinker-built.
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Clinching
(gcide) | Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen,
prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]
1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." --Dryden.
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2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.
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3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
to clinch a nail.
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4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South.
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Unclinch
(gcide) | Unclinch \Un*clinch"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clinch.]
To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch
the fist. [Written also unclench.]
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clinch river
(wn) | Clinch River
n 1: a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows
generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the
Tennessee River |
clinched
(wn) | clinched
adj 1: closed or squeezed together tightly; "a clenched fist";
"his clenched (or clinched) teeth" [syn: clenched,
clinched] |
clincher
(wn) | clincher
n 1: an argument that is conclusive [syn: clincher,
determiner, determining factor]
2: a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
[syn: clincher, decisive factor]
3: a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets |
clincher-built
(wn) | clincher-built
adj 1: having overlapping hull planks [syn: clinker-built,
clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, {lap-
streak}, lap-streaked] [ant: carvel-built] |
double clinch
(wn) | double clinch
n 1: a clinch with two loops |
inside clinch
(wn) | inside clinch
n 1: a clinch with the end of the line inside the loop |
outside clinch
(wn) | outside clinch
n 1: a clinch with the end of the line outside the loop |
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