Clasping

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is clasped. countable, uncountable

    "Nothing had been said during our drive, but the high thin breathing of our new companion, and the claspings and unclaspings of his hands spoke of the nervous tension within him."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of clasp form-of, gerund, participle, present

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adhesiveaffixationannexationattachmentbindingbond

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"“It is my mother—it is my mother!” said Lucy, turning as pale as ashes, and clasping her hands together as she looked at Ravenswood."

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