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• Holdfast — Hold fast , n. 1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long flat headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. His holdfast was gone. Bp. Montagu. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A conical or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• holdfast — [hōld′fast΄] n. 1. the act of holding fast 2. any of various devices that hold something else in place; hook, nail, clamp, etc. 3. Bot. a part of certain rootless plants, as some algae, used to attach the plant to a surface 4. Zool. an organ of a …   English World dictionary

• holdfast — /hohld fast , fahst /, n. 1. something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc. 2. Bot., Mycol. any of several rootlike or suckerlike organs or parts serving for attachment. [1550 60; n. use of v. phrase hold fast] * *… …   Universalium

• holdfast — n. device that holds or secures an object in place; hook; clamp; (Botany) branching or conical body that attaches seaweed or other aquatic plant to the surface; strong solid grasp …   English contemporary dictionary

• holdfast — noun 1》 a staple or clamp securing an object. 2》 Biology a stalked organ by which a simple aquatic organism attaches itself to a substrate …   English new terms dictionary

• clamp — n 1. vise, clasp, clincher, clip, hasp, holdfast, holder, stirrup, brace; coupling, buckle, fastener, catch. v 2. vise, press, squeeze, hold; secure, make fast, fasten, fix, brace, bracket; clinch, screw down, nail, bolt; grapple, grip, gripe,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• holdfast — /ˈhoʊldfast/ (say hohldfahst) noun 1. something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, or clamp. 2. Botany any of several sucker like organs serving to attach a plant to something …  

• holdfast — n. 1 a firm grasp. 2 a staple or clamp securing an object to a wall etc. 3 the attachment organ of an alga etc …   Useful english dictionary

• clincher — n. 1. Cramp, clinch, holdfast, clamp. 2. Conclusive argument, unanswerable argument, poser, settler (colloq.), closer (colloq.) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• clinch — I. v. a. 1. Grasp, grip, clasp, clutch, grapple, lay hold of. 2. Fasten, secure. 3. Confirm, fix, establish. II. n. 1. Catch, grip, clutch, grasp. 2. Clincher, cramp, holdfast, clamp …   New dictionary of synonyms

• fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …   Universalium