clasp clench clutch clutches grasp grip hold | the act of grasping, he released his clasp on my arm, he has a strong grip for an old man, she kept a firm hold on the railing |
clutch | a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism, this year's model has an improved clutch |
clutch clutch pedal | a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism, he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other |
clutch bag clutch | a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand |
cone clutch cone friction clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are cone-shaped |
disk clutch | a friction clutch in which the frictional surfaces are disks |
friction clutch | a clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them |
shear | a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it |
slip clutch slip friction clutch | a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great |
elasticity of shear | the elasticity of a body that has been pulled out of shape by a shearing force |
batch clutch | a collection of things or persons to be handled together |
clutch | a number of birds hatched at the same time |
shear | (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves, the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram |
clutch | a tense critical situation, he is a good man in the clutch |
shear | become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain |
seize clutch get hold of | affect, Fear seized the prisoners, The patient was seized with unbearable pains, He was seized with a dreadful disease |
seize prehend clutch | take hold of, grab, The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter, She clutched her purse, The mother seized her child by the arm, Birds of prey often seize small mammals |
cling to hold close hold tight clutch | hold firmly, usually with one's hands, She clutched my arm when she got scared |
shear | cut with shears, shear hedges |
shear | cut or cut through with shears, shear the wool off the lamb |
fleece shear | shear the wool from, shear sheep |