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Definition of Clutches
1. Noun. The act of grasping. "She kept a firm hold on the railing"
Specialized synonyms: Choke Hold, Chokehold, Embrace, Embracement, Embracing, Wrestling Hold
Generic synonyms: Grasping, Prehension, Seizing, Taking Hold
Derivative terms: Clasp, Clasp, Clench, Clutch, Clutch, Grasp, Grip, Grip, Hold
Definition of Clutches
1. Noun. (plural of clutch) ¹
2. Noun. (usually plural) Grasp; possession; control. ¹
3. Verb. Third person singular simple present of ''to clutch.'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clutches
1. clutch [v] - See also: clutch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clutches
Literary usage of Clutches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanisms and Mechanical Movements: A Treatise on Different Types of by Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"There are several distinct types of clutches which are made in a great variety of
... The common types of clutches may be divided into two general classes; ..."
2. Mechanism by Robert McArdle Keown (1921)
"Positive clutches.—In Fig. 169 is shown a method of connecting the ends of two
... Friction clutches.—Another type of clutch is that in which the motion is ..."
3. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"CHAPTER IX clutches AND CHANGED SPEED GEARING Utility of Clutch and Gearset
Defined—Why Clutch is Necessary—Clutch Forms and Their Requirements—How Friction ..."
4. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"For clutches employing the other friction surfaces mentioned in a preceding
paragraph, it was thought best not to represent the results graphically, ..."
5. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"While other types of transmissions require clutches, they are of special kinds,
... clutches have two chief parts; one part (usually the flywheel, ..."
6. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1898)
"clutches for Working Branches.—It has been often stated that branches cannot be
... Numerous clutches are in use. In the ordinary forms there may be a cone ..."
7. Modern Shop Practice: A General Reference Work by Howard Monroe Raymond, American Technical Society (1917)
"This slides on a squared shaft, and the jaw clutches match jaw clutches formed in
... When slid to the right, then, B engages with jaw clutches in gear D, ..."
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