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"glosses": [
"To take hold of; to grasp."
],
"links": [
[
"take hold",
"take hold"
],
[
"grasp",
"grasp"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp."
],
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"fasten",
"fasten"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To cling."
],
"links": [
[
"cling",
"cling"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To cling."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/klæsp/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/klɑːsp/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/klasp/",
"tags": [
"Northern-England",
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æsp"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːsp"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-clasp.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/En-us-clasp.ogg/En-us-clasp.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/En-us-clasp.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "beclasp"
},
{
"sense": "grasp tightly",
"word": "begrip"
},
{
"word": "grasp"
},
{
"word": "grip"
},
{
"sense": "shut as if with a clasp",
"word": "attach"
},
{
"word": "join"
},
{
"word": "put together"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zahvaštam",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "захващам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakopčavam",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "закопчавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "sevřít"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "omklemmen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "puristaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "tarrata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "kouristaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "serrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "greifen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "stringere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "serrare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "agguantare"
},
{
"alt": "にぎりしめる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nigirishimeru",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "握り締める"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zgrápči",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "згра́пчи"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "whakakopa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "kuku"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "avaltaš",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "авалташ"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "perçinlemek",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "پرچینلمك"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "agarrar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "enganchar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "apuca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "take hold of; grab tightly",
"word": "agarrar"
}
],
"word": "clasp"
}
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