Clasp vs False - What's the difference?
clasp | false |
A fastener or , particularly one that clasps.
(in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.
* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit) :
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21:
To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun clasp
is a fastener or , particularly one that clasps.As a verb clasp
is to take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.clasp
English
Noun
(en noun)- I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!
- He took her hand in a firm clasp .
Verb
(en verb)- They clasped hands and parted as friends.
- And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
- The poor dear lady shivered, and I could see the tension of her nerves as she clasped her husband closer to her and bent her head lower and lower still on his breast.
Anagrams
*References
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English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}