Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)clutch, clutch pedala pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism“he smoothly released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other”
Verbs
(v)cling to, hold close, hold tight, clutchhold firmly, usually with one's hands“She clutched my arm when she got scared”
(v)seize, clutch, get hold ofaffect“Fear seized the prisoners”, “The patient was seized with unbearable pains”, “He was seized with a dreadful disease”