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NOUN (1)

1. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together;
[syn: clamp, clinch]


VERB (2)

1. fasten or fix with a clamp;
- Example: "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

2. impose or inflict forcefully;
- Example: "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"



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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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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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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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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WordNet (r) 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"