[{"word":"clinching","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To clasp; to interlock.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make certain; to finalize.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me."},{"definition":"To fasten securely or permanently.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To embrace passionately.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To hold firmly; to clench.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To set closely together; to close tightly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to clinch the teeth or the fist"}],"synonyms":["attach","join","put together","clasp","grasp","grip"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A clinch; a passionate embrace.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A making certain or finalizing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clinch","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clinching"]}]