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1. (n.) clamp
a device, usu. of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
2. clamp
an appliance with opposite sides or parts that may be adjusted or brought closer together to hold or compress something.
3. clamp
one of a pair of movable pieces, made of lead or other soft material, for covering the jaws of a vise and enabling it to grasp without bruising.
4. (v.t.) clamp
to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
5. clamp
clamp down, to impose more strict control:
to clamp down on crime.
Etymology: (1935–40)
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| Definition of 'Clamp' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) clamp, clinch
a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
2. (verb) clamp
fasten or fix with a clamp
"clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"
3. (verb) clamp
impose or inflict forcefully
"The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"
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1. (verb) clamp
to attach firmly with a tool that squeezes things together
a vertical rod clamped to the table
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Clamp
something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together
2. (noun) Clamp
an instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together
3. (noun) Clamp
a piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen
4. (noun) Clamp
one of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising
5. (noun) Clamp
a thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams
6. (noun) Clamp
a mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking
7. (noun) Clamp
a mollusk. See Clam
8. (noun) Clamp
a heavy footstep; a tramp
9. (verb) Clamp
to fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp
10. (verb) Clamp
to cover, as vegetables, with earth
11. (verb) Clamp
to tread heavily or clumsily; to clump
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. Clamp
The appliance for grasping and retaining the end of the rod that holds a carbon in the arc lamp.
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Sense: a piece of wood, iron etc used to fasten things together or to strengthen them.
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 Afrikaans: klamp |
 Arabic: كُلاب (للتعليق) |
 Bulgarian: скоба |
 Brazilian: grampo |
 Czech: svorka, sponka |
 German: die Klammer |
 Danish: klemme; klampe |
 Greek: μέγκενη |
 Spanish: grapa, clip |
 Estonian: klamber |
 Farsi: بست؛ گیره |
 Finnish: pidike |
 French: attache |
 Hebrew: מַלחֶצֶת |
 Hindi: कीलक |
 Croatian: spona |
 Hungarian: kapocs; satu |
 Indonesian: penjepit |
 Icelandic: þvinga, klemma |
 Italian: grappa, morsa |
 Japanese: かすがい |
 Korean: 클램프 |
 Lithuanian: sąvarža, sankaba |
 Latvian: skava |
 Malay: pengapit |
 Dutch: klem |
 Norwegian: skrutvinge, klemme |
 Polish: klamra |
 Persian: بست؛ گیره |
 Pashto: نيوونكى (ګيرا)، هغه اّله |
 Portuguese: grampo |
 Romanian: cârlig |
 Russian: зажим; скоба |
 Slovak: svorka |
 Slovenian: spona;člen verige |
 Serbian: stega |
 Swedish: krampa, kloss, skruvtving |
 Thai: เครื่องมือที่ทำให้ติดแน่น |
 Turkish: kelepçe |
 Taiwanese: 夾子 |
 Ukrainian: скоба |
 Urdu: شکنجہ |
 Vietnamese: cái kẹp |
 Chinese: 夹子 |
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