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clamp
[klamp] 
–noun
| 1. | a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together. |
| 2. | an appliance with opposite sides or parts that may be adjusted or brought closer together to hold or compress something. |
| 3. | one of a pair of movable pieces, made of lead or other soft material, for covering the jaws of a vise and enabling it to grasp without bruising. |
| 4. | Also called clamp rail. Carpentry. a rail having a groove or a number of mortises for receiving the ends of a number of boards to bind them into a flat piece, as a drawing board or door. |
| 5. | Nautical.
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–verb (used with object)
—Verb phrases| 6. | to fasten with or fix in a clamp. |
| 7. | clamp down, to become more strict: There were too many tax loopholes, so the government clamped down. |
| 8. | clamp down on, to impose or increase controls on. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (n.) < MD clampe clamp, cleat; c. MLG klampe
1350–1400; ME (n.) < MD clampe clamp, cleat; c. MLG klampe
Synonyms:
6. clinch, clench, secure.
6. clinch, clench, secure.
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clamp (klāmp)  (click for larger image in new window) n.
clamp downTo become more strict or repressive; impose controls: clamping down on environment polluters. [Middle English, from Middle Dutch klampe.] |
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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. 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. 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. 4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams. 5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking. 6. A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.] Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.Clamp
Clamp\, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.Clamp
Clamp\, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. --Thackeray.
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Language Translation for : clamp
Spanish:
grapa, clip,
German:
die Klammer,
Japanese:
かすがい
clamp (n.)
1304, probably from clamb, orig. pt. of climb, or from M.Du. klampe, from W.Gmc. *klamp- "clamp, cleat." The verb is from 1677.
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Main Entry: 1clamp
Pronunciation: 'klamp
Function: noun
: any of various instruments or appliances having parts brought together for holding orcompressing something; especially : an instrument used to hold, compress, or crush vessels and hollow organs and to aid in surgical excision of parts
Main Entry: 2clamp
Function: transitive verb
: to fasten with or as if with a clamp
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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clamp (klāmp)
n.
An instrument for the compression or grasping of a structure.
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