klæsp klɑːsp klɛntʃ ˈklʌtʃɪz ɡɹɑːsp ɡɹæsp pɹɪˈhɛnd siːz affect Fear seized the prisoners The patient was seized with unbearable pains He was seized with a dreadful disease the act of grasping he released his clasp on my arm he has a strong grip for an old man she kept a firm hold on the railing take into your hands deliberately The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter She clutched her purse The mother seized her child by the arm Birds of prey often seize small mammals A crazy idea took hold of him hold firmly, usually with one's hands She clutched my arm when she got scared a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism this year's model has an improved clutch a 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 a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand a collection of things or persons to be handled together a number of birds hatched at the same time a tense critical situation he is a good man in the clutch