1. (Arts martiaux) (Anglicisme) Saisie de l'adversaire debout.
2. [verb] To clasp; to interlock. [1560s]
3. [verb] To make certain; to finalize. [1716]
4. [verb] To fasten securely or permanently.
5. [verb] To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed. [17th century]
6. [verb] To embrace passionately.
7. [verb] To hold firmly; to clench.
8. [verb] To set closely together; to close tightly.
9. [noun] Any of several fastenings.
10. [noun] The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip or grasp.
11. [noun] (obsolete) A pun.
12. [noun] (nautical) 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.
13. [noun] A passionate embrace.
14. [noun] (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily.
15. [noun] A small slip noose made with seizing.
16. [noun] The flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet.
17. [noun] A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together.
18. [noun] A tight or amorous embrace; 'come here and give me a big hug'.
19. [verb] Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; 'The girder was clinched into the wall'.
20. [verb] Hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches.
21. [verb] Hold in a tight grasp; 'clench a steering wheel'.
22. [verb] Embrace amorously.
23. [verb] Flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); 'the nails were clinched'.
24. [verb] Settle conclusively; 'clinch a deal'.
