clasp \clasp\ kl.asp, v. t. imp.  p. p. clasped
   kl.aspt; p. pr.  vb. n. clasping oe. claspen,
   clapsen, prob. akin to e. clap.
   1. to shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to
      shut or fasten a clasp, or that which fastens with a
      clasp.
      1913 webster

   2. to inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to
      grasp; to embrace.
      1913 webster

   3. to surround and cling to; to entwine about. "clasping
      ivy." --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
clasped clasping