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What (who) is clench - definition
clench
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Clench (disambiguation)
¦ verb
1. (with reference to one's fist or teeth) close or press together tightly, in response to stress or anger.
2. hold tightly and firmly.
3. (of muscles or a muscular part of the body) contract sharply.
¦ noun the action of clenching or the state of being clenched.
Derivatives
clenched adjective
Origin
OE (in the sense of clinch 'fix securely'): of Gmc origin; related to cling.
clench
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Clench (disambiguation)
(clenches, clenching, clenched)
1.
When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth...
She pulled at his sleeve and he turned on her, fists clenching again before he saw who it was.
...angry protestors with clenched fists.
VERB: V n, V, V-ed
2.
When you clench your teeth or they clench, you squeeze your teeth together firmly, usually because you are angry or upset.
Patsy had to clench her jaw to suppress her anger...
Slowly, he released his breath through clenched teeth.
= grit
VERB: V n, V-ed, also V
3.
If you clench something in your hand or in your teeth, you hold it tightly with your hand or your teeth.
I clenched the arms of my chair.
= grip
VERB: V n
Examples of use of clench
1. "I can‘t close it," he said in Spanish, trying to clench bloated fingers.
2. "But given the circumstances, we have to show restraint." The officers clench their jaws and look away.
3. Miss Mitchell, a 26–year–old former marine, can bend her wrist back, move her thumb and clench her fingers.
4. Also, the boxing matches (Chris Anderson) are pulse–pounding and you clench your fists tightly due to the tension that‘s depicted on screen.
5. "Clench your stomach muscles and you won‘t black out," he adds as we squeeze through the branches and up into the blue.