Usually means: Tightly closed or squeezed together.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word clenched:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. clenched: Merriam-Webster
  2. clenched: Collins English Dictionary
  3. clenched: Vocabulary.com
  4. Clenched, clenched: Wordnik
  5. clenched: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. clenched: Wiktionary
  7. clenched: Dictionary.com
  8. clenched: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. clenched: Rhymezone
  10. clenched: FreeDictionary.org
  11. clenched: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. clenched: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clenched: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clenched: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Closed tightly.

Similar:
tight, clinched, strict, pinched, constricted, compressed, crimped, compacted, tight-knit, straitened, more...

Opposite:
unclenched, unclench, unclinch

Types:
fist, palm, knuckles, fingers, fingertips, thumbs, more...

Phrases:
clenched fist, clenched fist sign, clenched teeth, clenched jaw, say through clenched teeth, more...

Colors:
    steel gray,     charcoal,     midnight blue,     iron,     graphite, more...



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Similar:
tight, clinched, strict, pinched, constricted, compressed, crimped, compacted, tight-knit, straitened, more...

Opposite:
unclenched, unclench, unclinch

Types:
fist, palm, knuckles, fingers, fingertips, thumbs, more...

Phrases:
clenched fist, clenched fist sign, clenched teeth, clenched jaw, say through clenched teeth, heart clenched, jaw clenched, clenched hard, to talk with jaw clenched, clenched hand, more...

Colors:
    steel gray,     charcoal,     midnight blue,     iron,     graphite, more...



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