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Meaning of 'clamp' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Clamp [ n.]
- Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
- An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
- A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
- 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.
- A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
- A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
- A mollusk. See Clam.
- A heavy footstep; a tramp.
2 . Clamp [ v. i.]
- To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
3 . Clamp [ v. t.]
- To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
- To cover, as vegetables, with earth.

Meaning of 'clamp' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . clamp [ v]
Meaning (1):
- fasten or fix with a clamp
Example in sentence:
  • clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened
Meaning (2):
- impose or inflict forcefully
Example in sentence:
  • The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital

Nearby Words:

clabber clachan clack clacked clacker clacking clad cladocera cladophyll claggy

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