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1. (n.) clam
any of various usu. edible bivalve mollusks with equal shells closed by two adductor muscles, inhabiting shallow seas or fresh waters.
2. clam
Informal. a secretive or silent person.
3. clam
Slang. a dollar or the sum of a dollar.
4. (v.i.) clam
to gather or dig clams.
5. clam
Informal. to refuse to talk or reply:
so shy that he clams up in public.
Etymology: (1585–95; short for clamshell, with
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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1. (noun) clam
a shellfish with a two-part shell
2. (verb) clam
to refuse or be unable to talk
She worried she would clam up in the interview.
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Webster Dictionary |
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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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Sense: a shellfish with two shells joined together, used as food.
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 Afrikaans: gapermossel, gaapskulp |
 Arabic: بطلينوس: سَمَكٌ صَدَفي |
 Bulgarian: вид мида |
 Brazilian: marisco |
 Czech: škeble, mlž |
 German: die Venusmuschel |
 Danish: musling |
 Greek: οστρακοειδές |
 Spanish: almeja |
 Estonian: merekarp |
 Farsi: صدف |
 Finnish: simpukka |
 French: palourde |
 Hebrew: צְדָפָה |
 Hindi: एक प्रकार का घोंघा |
 Croatian: čančica, lisanka |
 Hungarian: ehető kagyló |
 Indonesian: kerang |
 Icelandic: skelfiskur |
 Italian: mollusco |
 Japanese: はまぐり |
 Korean: 조개 |
 Lithuanian: moliuskas |
 Latvian: ēdamais gliemezis |
 Malay: kima |
 Dutch: mossel |
 Norwegian: (spiselig) musling |
 Polish: małż |
 Persian: صدف |
 Pashto: يوډول صدف چه خوړل كيږى |
 Portuguese: ameijoa |
 Romanian: moluscă |
 Russian: морской моллюск |
 Slovak: lastúrnik |
 Slovenian: školjka |
 Serbian: školjka klepavica |
 Swedish: mussla |
 Thai: หอยชนิดหนึ่งกินได้; หอยลา |
 Turkish: midye, deniz tarağı |
 Taiwanese: 蛤 |
 Ukrainian: їстівний молюск |
 Urdu: مچھلی کی ایک قسم |
 Vietnamese: (động vật) con trai |
 Chinese: 蛤 |
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