Term: clasp: the act of grasping
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: string of words: a linear sequence of words as spoken or written → 0
Candidate hypernym: water tower: a large reservoir for water → 0
Candidate hypernym: acanthocytosis: the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) → 0
Candidate hypernym: true anomaly: the angular distance of a point in an orbit past the point of periapsis measured in degrees → 0
Candidate hypernym: hitch: a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot → 0
Candidate hypernym: salvelinus: brook trout → 0
Candidate hypernym: boss: a person who exercises control and makes decisions → 0
Candidate hypernym: jogger: someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise) → 0
Candidate hypernym: insessores: a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists → 0
Candidate hypernym: pyramiding: a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e.g., the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated → 0