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clencht

clencht is the obsolete form of clenched.

clencht is the simple past and past participle of clench.

Meaning of clenched

Adjective

clenched (comparative more clenched, superlative most clenched)

  1. Closed tightly.
    • a clenched fist

Meaning of clench

Verb

clench (third-person singular simple present clenches, present participle clenching, simple past and past participle clenched)

  1. (ambitransitive) To grip or hold fast.
    • I clenched the rope in my teeth.
  2. (ambitransitive) To close tightly.
    • He clenched his fist in anger.

See all 6 meanings of clench

Forms of clencht

comparativemore clencht
superlativemost clencht

Origin of clencht

From clench + -t.

Questions about clencht

What is clencht the obsolete form of?
Clencht is the obsolete form of clenched.

Words near clencht in the dictionary

  1. clenching
  2. clenching one's fists
  3. clenchings
  4. clenchpoop
  5. clenchpoops
  6. clencht
  7. Clenchwarton
  8. clenchy
  9. Clendaniel
  10. Clendaniels
  11. Clendenen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clencht (page history and authors); clenched (page history and authors); clench (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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