Princeton's WordNet

1. clamp, clinch(verb)

   a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

2. clamp(verb)

   fasten or fix with a clamp

   "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

3. clamp(verb)

   impose or inflict forcefully

   "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. clamp(verb)æmp

   to attach firmly with a tool that squeezes things together

   a vertical rod clamped to the table

Wiktionary

1. clamp(Noun)

   A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.

2. clamp(Verb)

   To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.

3. clamp(Verb)

   To hold or grip tightly.

4. clamp(Verb)

   To modify a numeric value so it lies within a specific range.

Webster Dictionary

1. Clamp(noun)

   something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together

2. Clamp(noun)

   an instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together

3. Clamp(noun)

   a piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen

4. Clamp(noun)

   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. Clamp(noun)

   a thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams

6. Clamp(noun)

   a mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking

7. Clamp(noun)

   a mollusk. See Clam

8. Clamp(verb)

   to fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp

9. Clamp(verb)

   to cover, as vegetables, with earth

10. Clamp(noun)

    a heavy footstep; a tramp

11. Clamp(verb)

    to tread heavily or clumsily; to clump

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

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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