See clench in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "vastknijpen"
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"word": "serrer"
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"code": "fur",
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"word": "strenzi"
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"code": "fur",
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"code": "de",
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"alt": "かたくしめる",
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"sense": "to squeeze",
"word": "堅く締める"
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"code": "mi",
"english": "refers to teeth",
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"sense": "to squeeze",
"word": "kakati"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to squeeze",
"word": "kumu"
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"code": "mi",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to squeeze",
"word": "tetē"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to squeeze",
"word": "आवळणे"
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"code": "zdj",
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"word": "knyte"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"ref": "1989, Ted Schultz, The Fringes of Reason, page 210:",
"text": "And perhaps most innovative of all, Drummond and Stang pushed for a policy of clench autonomy […]",
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"ref": "2003, Peter Knight, Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, page 170:",
"text": "Every SubGenius clench is required to have a member who does not believe […]",
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"ref": "2012, George D. Chryssides, Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, page 95:",
"text": "Originality is encouraged, and some clenches have devised their own distinctive organizational names […]",
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"ref": "1728, [Alexander Pope], “Book the First”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC, page 1:",
"text": "Here one poor word an hundred clenches makes",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "tight grip",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tight grip",
"word": "puristus"
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"code": "fr",
"english": "en main",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tight grip",
"word": "prise f ferme"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tight grip",
"word": "poigne f ferme"
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"sense": "tight grip",
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