Real Dictionary

clutch
If someone is in another person's clutches, that person has captured them or has power over them.
verb: If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.

clutch in American English 1
to grasp, seize, or snatch with a hand or claw
to snatch or seize (at)
adjective: done or accomplished in a critical situation
intransitive verb: to try to seize or grasp
noun: the hand, claw, etc., when grasping
transitive verb: to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch

clutch in American English 2
a nest of eggs
to hatch (chicks)
noun: a hatch of eggs; the number of eggs produced or incubated at one time
transitive verb: to hatch (chickens)

clutch in Automotive Engineering
noun: The clutch in a vehicle is a mechanism which connects the engine with the gearbox to make the vehicle move, and disconnects them to allow a driver to change gear.

clutch in British English 1
noun: a device that enables two revolving shafts to be joined or disconnected as required, esp one that transmits the drive from the engine to the gearbox in a vehicle
verb: to seize with or as if with hands or claws

clutch in British English 2
noun: a hatch of eggs laid by a particular bird or laid in a single nest
verb: to hatch (chickens)

clutch in Mechanical Engineering
noun: A clutch is a device that locks two parts of a mechanism together and transfers power between them.