Dictionary entry

Clasp-knife

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

(n) မောင်းချဓား။

Definition

clasp /klɑ:sp; US klæsp/ n ၁။ ခ်ိတ္။ The clasp of my brooch is broken. ၂။ (က) တင္းတင္း၊ ၿမဲၿမဲ ဆုပ္ကိုင္ျခင္း။ He held her hand in a firm clasp. (ခ) ေပြ႕ဖက္ျခင္း။ v ၁။ (က) ဆုပ္ကိုင္သည္။ ညႇစ္သည္။ လက္ယွက္သည္။ clasping the microphone in both hands ❍ They clasped hands (ie held each other's hands) briefly before saying goodbye. ❍ His hands were clasped together in prayer. (ခ) ေပြ႕ဖက္သည္။ He clasped her to his chest. ❍ They stood clasped in each other's arms. ၂။ ခ်ိတ္သည္။ clasp a bracelet round one's wrist. ❏ clasp-knife n ေမာင္းခ်ဓား။

Examples

  1. He clasped Lindsay’s hand tightly.
  2. [clasp something to/over something] : Rick had a handkerchief clasped to his nose to try to stop the bleeding.
  3. Porter clasped his hands behind his head and grinned.
  4. She lay beside him
  5. clasped in his arms.
  6. She clasped the crying child to her breast.