To grip or grasp tightly.
To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
To hatch.
To seize, as though with claws.
To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
An important or critical situation.
A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
A group or bunch (of people or things).
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
A difficult maneuver
Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
To stretch out the hand.
To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
To arrive at a particular destination.
To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
To make contact with.
To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
To strike or touch.
To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
The act of stretching or extending; extension.
A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
An extended portion or area of land or water.
Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
The distance traversed between tacks.
The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.