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Definition of "clasping" []

  • Botany Denoting a leaf whose base partially or completely surrounds a stem. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "clasping" in a sentence
  • "But he was conscious -- to the very depths of his being -- that a future in which Joan did not figure would be so insupportable as not to bear considering; and in the immediate present he very strongly favored the idea of clasping Joan in his arms and kissing her until further notice."
  • "Through coarse Thersites-cloak, we have revelation of the heart, wild-glowing, world-clasping, that is in him."
  • "People were kind of clasping their hand in prayer."
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