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Definitions of 'CLAM' Wordnet 

1. (noun) clam
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

2. (noun) dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam
a piece of paper money worth one dollar

3. (verb) clam
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

4. (verb) clam
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean


Definitions of 'CLAM' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) CLAM
claminess; moisture

2. (noun) CLAM
a crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once

3.  CLAM
to produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang

4. (verb) CLAM
a bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve

5. (verb) CLAM
strong pinchers or forceps

6. (verb) CLAM
a kind of vise, usually of wood

7. (verb) CLAM
to clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter

8. (verb) CLAM
to be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere


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