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as in hugging
to put one's arms around and press tightly
clasped his long-lost sister and cried without restraint
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as in holding
to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms
clasped a crayon and began drawing
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“Clasping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clasping. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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