v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clinched p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching. ] [ OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink. ] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. “Clinch the pointed spear.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A pun. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts. [ 1913 Webster ]
[きめる, kimeru] (v1, vt) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) (as 決めている) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) { MA } to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (P) #4,966[Add to Longdo]
[きめて, kimete] (n) (1) (See 決める・きめる・1) decider; person who decides; (2) (See 決める・きめる・2) deciding factor; clincher; trump card; winning move; (P) [Add to Longdo]
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