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clem
[
klem
]
clem
/
klɛm
/
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[
klem
]
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verb (used with object),
verb
(used without object),
clemmed,
clem·ming.
British
Dialect
.
to starve.
Origin:
1530–40;
akin to
Middle English
forclemmed
(past participle) pinched with hunger,
Old English
beclemman
to fetter
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to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to flee; abscond:
to spend time idly; loaf.
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Clem
/
klɛm
/
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[
klem
]
Show IPA
noun
a male given
name
, form of
Clement.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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clem
or
clam
(klɛm)
—
vb
,
clems
,
clemming
,
clemmed
,
clams
,
clamming
,
clammed
dialect
(
English
) (
when
tr, usually passive
) to be hungry or cause to be hungry
[C16: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch, German
klemmen
to pinch, cramp; compare Old English
beclemman
to shut in]
clam
or
clam
—
vb
[C16: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch, German
klemmen
to pinch, cramp; compare Old English
beclemman
to shut in]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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