Clamp

[klæmp]

Definition

(noun.) a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together.

(verb.) impose or inflict forcefully; 'The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital'.

(verb.) fasten or fix with a clamp; 'clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened'.

Edited by Linda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

(n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

(n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.

(n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.

(n.) A mollusk. See Clam.

(v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

(v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth.

(n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp.

(v. i.) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

Editor: Lucius

Definition

n. a heavy tread.—v.i. to tread heavily.

n. a piece of timber iron &c. used to fasten things together or to strengthen any framework: any instrument for holding.—v.t. to bind with clamps.

Edited by Katy

Examples

Typist: Ruben

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