(a) To fold (the fingers) into the palm of the hand, close (the hand) into a fist; retract (the claws); (b) to bend, double up, crouch; curve (away from sth.).
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(a) To grab (sth.), seize; capture, catch, take; steal (sth.); clechen to, clechen up, catch up, snatch; clechen toward, clutch at; (b) to draw (a sword); clechen out of, take (sth.) out of (a box)……
