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Search phrase: clasp

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym III.ii.39You clasp young Cupid's tables. Good news, gods!You claspe young Cupids Tables: good Newes Gods.
PericlesPer II.iv.57Then you love us, we you, and we'll clasp hands.Then you loue vs, we you, & wee'le claspe hands:
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.204Most reverend Nestor, I am glad to clasp thee.Most reuerend Nestor, I am glad to claspe thee.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.86Shall never clasp our necks; no issue know us;Shall never claspe our neckes, no issue know us,

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Glossary

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clap[of two people's hands] strike together, clasp [to seal a bargain]
claspcling, hold tight, hang on
cleapembrace, clasp, hug
clipembrace, clasp, hug
clipembrace, clasp, hug
closejoin, clasp
entwistclasp with a twist, entwine, wreathe around
graspembrace, clasp in the arms
graspembrace, clasp
seizuregrasping of hands, clasp, hold
whittleclasp-knife, carving knife

Thesaurus

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arms, clasp in thegrasp
claspclip
claspclip
claspcleap
claspclose
claspseizure
claspgrasp
clasp [to seal a bargain]clap
clasp in the armsgrasp
clasp with a twistentwist
clasp-knifewhittle
twist, clasp with aentwist

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CLASPBASICclasp n, clasp v, clasping n
CLASPNOTunclasp v
UNCLASPBASICsee CLASP

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