1 : to fasten with or as if with a clasp a robe clasped with a brooch. 2 : to enclose and hold with the arms specifically : embrace. 3 : to seize with or as if with the hand : grasp.

Is clasp a real word?

If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms. She clasped the children to her.

What kind of word is clasps?

verb (used without object), clasped or (Archaic) claspt [klaspt, klahspt]; clasping. to embrace or hug: The lovers clasped.