- clenched, clinched - closed or squeezed together tightly; "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth"
Antonym: loose (indirect, via tight)
- clench, clinch - hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
--1 is one way to seize, prehend, clutch
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun clench2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- clench - squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"
--2 is one way to squeeze
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something