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clasping

[klas-ping, klah-sping]

adjective

  1. (of a leaf ) partly or wholly surrounding the stem.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of clasping1

First recorded in 1870–75; clasp + -ing 2
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Crowning it all is a tender portrait — three small hands clasping hers, a portrait of family and togetherness etched in ink.

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The children sat on wooden benches bouncing their legs, clasping their hands and anxiously looking around the brightly lit courtroom.

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Raducanu sealed victory with a ripping forehand winner on her second match point, breaking into a beaming smile and clasping the peak of her hat in shock.

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As we watch Emilia clasping on her bra, readying to leave the hospital once and for all, she’s trying out her new name for size.

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At thrillingly precarious moments — in one, the electrician’s legs dangle above a vertigo-inducing drop — the player must squeeze both controller triggers as if Caz’s hands are clasping onto the splintering rig.

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