| VERB | contact | clutch, seize, prehend | take hold of |
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| contact | clutch, cling to, hold close, hold tight | hold firmly, usually with one's hands | |
| cognition | clutch, seize, get hold of | affect | |
| NOUN | act | clutch, clasp, clench, clutches, grasp, grip, hold | the act of grasping |
| state | clutch | a tense critical situation | |
| group | clutch | a number of birds hatched at the same time | |
| group | clutch, batch | a collection of things or persons to be handled together | |
| artifact | clutch, clutch bag | a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand | |
| artifact | clutch, clutch pedal | a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism | |
| artifact | clutch | a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism |
| Sounds | klah'ch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Bruch ... touch: 11 rhymes with ahch... | |
| Meaning | The act of grasping. | |
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| Synonyms | clasp, clench, clutches, grasp, grip, hold | |
| Narrower | chokehold, choke hold | A restraining hold / hold |
| embrace, embracing, embracement | The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) | |
| wrestling hold | A hold used in the sport of wrestling | |
| Broader | grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension | The act of gripping / gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) |
| Spanish | agarre, agarro, agarrón | |
| Catalan | agafada, agarrada | |
| Verbs | clutch | take hold of |
| clutch | hold firmly, usually with one's hands | |
| Meaning | A tense critical situation. | |
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| Example | "he is a good man in the clutch" | |
| Broader | temporary state | A state that continues for a limited time |
| Spanish | crisis | |
| Verbs | clutch | affect |
| Meaning | A number of birds hatched at the same time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | brood | The young of an animal cared for at one time |
| Spanish | nidada | |
| Meaning | A collection of things or persons to be handled together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | batch | |
| Narrower | schmeer, schmear, shmear | (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Spanish | lote | |
| Meaning | A woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand. | |
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| Synonym | clutch bag | |
| Broader | bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse | A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) |
| Spanish | monedero | |
| Catalan | moneder | |
| Meaning | A pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism. | |
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| Example | "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other" | |
| Synonym | clutch pedal | |
| Part of | clutch | A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism |
| Broader | pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever | A lever that is operated with the foot |
| Spanish | embrague, pedal de embrague, pedal del embrague | |
| Meaning | A coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism. | |
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| Example | "this year's model has an improved clutch" | |
| Part of | transmission, transmission system | The gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle |
| Parts | clutch, clutch pedal | A pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism |
| Narrower | freewheel | A clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting) |
| friction clutch | A clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them | |
| Broader | coupling, coupler | A mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects |
| Spanish | embrague | |
| Catalan | embragatge | |
| Meaning | hold firmly, usually with one's hands. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She clutched my arm when she got scared" | |
| Synonyms | cling to, hold close, hold tight | |
| Narrower | cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close | Move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position |
| Broader | hold, take hold | Have or hold in one's hands or grip |
| Spanish | agarrarse | |
| Nouns | clutch | the act of grasping |
| Meaning | affect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | seize, get hold of | |
| Broader | overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake | Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| Nouns | clutch | a tense critical situation |
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