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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, deal with, do battle, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab tightly |
| Synonyms: | attack, bear hug, buckle, clamp, clinch, clip, clutch, coll, concatenate, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, glom onto, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, pin, press, seize, snatch, squeeze, take |
| Antonyms: | let go, loose |
| Main Entry: | clench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grasp |
| Synonyms: | clamp, clasp, clinch, clutch, constrict, contract, double up, draw together, grapple, grip, hold |
| Notes: | clench means to hold in a tight grasp while clinch means to settle conclusively - for example, hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches |
| Antonyms: | let go, loose, loosen, release |
| Main Entry: | clinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold securely; grab |
| Synonyms: | bolt, clamp, clasp, clench, clutch, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fasten, fix, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, hug, lay hands on, make fast, nail, press, rivet, secure, seize, snatch, squeeze |
| Notes: | clench means to hold in a tight grasp while clinch means to settle conclusively - for example, hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, unite |
| Synonyms: | agree, bind, chain, coalesce, come together, connect, couple, encounter, fuse, grapple, inclose, meet, put together, tie, tie up |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disunite, open |
| Main Entry: | clutch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, snatch |
| Synonyms: | catch, cherish, clasp, clench, clinch, cling to, collar, embrace, fasten, glom, grapple, grasp, grip, harbor, hold, hook, keep, nab, nail, put the snare on, seize, snag, snatch, take |
| Antonyms: | let go, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | compete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up against in contest |
| Synonyms: | attempt, bandy, battle, be in the running, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, cope with, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, go for, grapple, in the hunt, jockey for position, joust, lock horns, match strength, match wits, oppose, participate in, pit oneself against, play, rival, run for, scramble for, seek prize, spar, strive, struggle, take on, take part, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle |
| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compete, fight |
| Synonyms: | argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it, go for jugular, grapple, have at, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand |
| Antonyms: | abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat |
| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
| Synonyms: | battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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