[phanom] (v) EN: put the palms of the hands together in salute ; press the hands together at the chest or forehead in sign of respect ; clasp palms together in the attitude of salutation or adorationFR: joindre les mains pour saluer
n. 1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]
Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. -- Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clasped p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping ] [ OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap. ] 1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp). [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. “Clasping ivy.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. “The claspers of vines.” Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) (a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. (b) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimæra. [ 1913 Webster ]
[さる(P);まし(ok);ましら(ok), saru (P); mashi (ok); mashira (ok)](n) (1) monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); (2) (さる only) (derog) sly person; (3) (さる only) sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); (4) (さる only) (See 自在鉤) clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; (5) (さる only) (arch) (See 湯女) bathhouse prostitute; (P)#5820[Add to Longdo]
[にぎる, nigiru](v5r, vt) (1) to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch; (2) to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to press into shape; to mold; to mould; (3) to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of; (P)#16270[Add to Longdo]
[とりあう, toriau](v5u, vi) (1) to take each other's hands; to clasp (hands); (2) to compete; to scramble for; (3) to pay attention (to someone); to respond[Add to Longdo]