clinch

  1. Verb.  To clasp; to interlock. (defdate, 1560s) .
  2. Verb.  To make certain; to finalize. (defdate, 1716) .
  3. Verb.  To fasten securely or permanently.
  4. Verb.  To bend and hammer the point of a nail so it cannot be removed. (defdate, 17th century) .
  5. Verb.  To embrace passionately.
  6. Noun.  Any of several fastenings.
  7. Noun.  A passionate embrace.

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