1. Hold firmly and tightly
   "They clasped hands as they walked"
    
2. Grasp firmly
   "The child clasped my hands"
    
3. Fasten with or as if with a brooch
   "She clasped her scarf with an antique pin";
   - brooch
    
4. Fasten with a buckle or buckles
   "She clasped the necklace around her neck";
   - buckle

1. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
   "She struggled to fasten the delicate clasp of her necklace"
    
2. The act of grasping
   "he released his clasp on my arm";
   - clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold

Derived forms: clasps, clasped, clasping

Type of: clutch, fasten, fastener, fastening, fix, fixing, grasp, grasping, hold on, holdfast, prehend [archaic], prehension, secure, seize, seizing, take hold, take hold of, taking hold

Antonym: unclasp

Part of: bag, bangle, bracelet, handbag, pocketbook, purse [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Clasp