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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
clamp
n 1: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things
firmly together [syn: clamp, clinch]
v 1: fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until
the glue has hardened"
2: impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government
clamped a curfew onto the capital"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped
(kl[a^]mt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping.]
1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to
place in a clamp.
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2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Clamp \Clamp\, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.]
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Clamp \Clamp\, v. i.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
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The policeman with clamping feet. --Thackeray.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[a^]mp), n. [Cf. LG. & D. klamp, Dan. klampe,
also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. Clamber, Cramp.]
1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together;
a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces
together.
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2.
(a) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is
held in its place or two parts are temporarily held
together.
(b) (Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or
inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
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3. 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.
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4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's
side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
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5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for
roasting, or of coal for coking.
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6. A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.]
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Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
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Thesaurus Results for Clamp:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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