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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
affix, alum, anchor, annex, astringent, attach, bear hug, belay, bite, brace, bracket, cement, cinch, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clip, clutch, compress, compressor, constrictor, contractor, cramp, crush, death grip, embrace, engraft, ensphere, fasten, fastener, firm hold, fix, foothold, footing, graft, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, iron grip, knit, make fast, moor, nip, pincer, pinch, press, purchase, put to, screw up, secure, seizure, set, set to, squeeze, styptic, styptic pencil, tenure, tight grip, tighten, toehold, trice up, trim, tweak, vice, vise, wad up
Dictionary Results for clamp:
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"

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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