adj
(rare) Clinging, as by hooks.
v
To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.
v
To press close against something.
v
(transitive) To confine with fetters; restrain as if by fetters.
v
(transitive, chiefly passive, obsolete) To lap or wrap around (someone or something); to envelop, to surround.
v
(archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten.
n
A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
v
(transitive) Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
v
To suppress or hide (something) so that it is not readily available or capable of action.
v
(transitive) To confine.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To strengthen (oneself), become stronger or more resilient.
v
(transitive with on or at) To bring something to an end.
v
Alternative form of bring down the curtain [(transitive with on or at) To bring something to an end.]
v
To buckle down; to apply oneself.
v
(transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
v
(transitive) To fasten with a button or buttons.
n
(informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
v
(transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
v
To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
adj
Obsolete form of clenched. [Closed tightly.]
n
That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm.
v
To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
v
(figurative, of a person or organisation) To prevent from acting freely.
n
(figuratively) A near accident or mishap; a dangerous or risky encounter or incident.
v
To heal a cut or other wound
adj
Hit, shot, or taken from nearby the target.
v
(transitive) To grasp firmly; clench.
v
(intransitive) To withdraw into such a case.
v
To deal with or include someone or something.
v
(of curtains, etc.) To close.
v
(obsolete) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.
n
(figuratively) An act of enfolding or including.
v
To bind in fetters; to enchain.
v
(transitive) To catch in a trap or snare.
v
(transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.
v
(transitive) To restrain (a prisoner or patient, etc.) on a bed or trolley with cuffs at both wrists and both ankles.
v
(transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
v
(slang) To write a bad check.
v
(transitive, informal) To restrain (a person) by grabbing their collar.
v
(originally US, intransitive) To hide.
n
Obsolete form of embracement. [A clasp in the arms; embrace.]
v
(bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.
v
(transitive) to envelop, enfold
v
To grasp firmly; to become attached to.
v
(transitive) To put a lid on (something).
v
To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread.
v
(US) Clinch a deal or agreement.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) to make something (e.g. a decision or plan) firm or certain
v
(transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
v
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
v
(transferred sense, figuratively) To restrain; to limit.
v
(medicine, transitive) To apply a pledget to.
v
To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
v
(transitive, by extension) To render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of.
v
(intransitive) to stick to a surface.
n
(idiomatic, dated) The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking-place.
v
(transitive, sewing) To shorten by hemming.
v
(idiomatic) To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.
v
(intransitive) To work very hard.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To embrace; enclose.
v
(transitive, obsolete, chiefly in modern translations) To enshroud, to envelop; to surround.
v
(UK dialectal) To bind or wrap around.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To wrap or bind.
v
To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
v
(transitive) To support (a person, etc), usually in a difficult time.
v
(transitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To tie up; to make too busy to respond.
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