name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
clamp
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/ˈkleə̯mp/ æ-raising
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[ˈkhleə̯mp] æ-raising
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/ˈklɛə̯mp/ æ-raising
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[ˈkhlɛə̯mp] æ-raising
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noun
Meaning 2
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
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noun
Meaning 3
An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 5
A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
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noun
Meaning 6
A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
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Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 7
A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
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noun
Meaning 8
An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 9
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
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Usage: dated
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verb
Meaning 10
To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
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Usage: intransitive, transitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To hold or grip tightly.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 12
To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 13
To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
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Usage: UK, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 14
To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I was only parked there for five minutes but my car was still clamped.
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verb
Meaning 15
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
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Usage: dated, intransitive
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noun
Meaning 16
a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: clinch
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Broader terms: holding device
Narrower terms: bench clamp, C-clamp, cramp, pipe vise, pipe clamp, press
verb
Meaning 17
impose or inflict forcefully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital
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Broader terms: inflict, bring down, visit, impose
verb
Meaning 18
fasten or fix with a clamp
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened
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Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
History
Etymology
From clamp, a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with this tool.
From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi.
Imitative.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَشْبَك (mašbak) — woodworking tool
- Armenian: սեղմիչ (seġmičʻ) — woodworking tool
- Azerbaijani: qısqac — woodworking tool
- Belarusian: заціска́ч (zaciskáč) — woodworking tool
- Belarusian: за́ціск (zácisk) — woodworking tool
- Bulgarian: стя́га (stjága) — woodworking tool
- Bulgarian: ско́ба (skóba) — woodworking tool
- Bulgarian: закопча́лка (zakopčálka) — woodworking tool
- Catalan: serjant — woodworking tool
- Chinese Mandarin: 鉗 /钳 (qián) — woodworking tool
- Chinese Mandarin: 夾 /夹 (jiā) — woodworking tool
- Chinese Mandarin: 夾具 /夹具 (jiājù, jiájù) — woodworking tool
- Czech: svěrka — woodworking tool
- Danish: skruetvinge — woodworking tool
- Dutch: lijmklem — woodworking tool
- Dutch: sergeant — woodworking tool
- Esperanto: krampo — woodworking tool
- Finnish: puristin — woodworking tool
- French: serre-joint — woodworking tool
- Georgian: ჭახრაკი (č̣axraḳi) — woodworking tool
- Georgian: მომჭერი (momč̣eri) — woodworking tool
- German: Klammer — woodworking tool
- German: Schraubzwinge — woodworking tool
- German: Klemme — woodworking tool
- German: Chlempi — woodworking tool
- Greek: μέγγενη (méngeni) — woodworking tool
- Hebrew: כְּלִיבָה (klivá) — woodworking tool
- Hindi: शिकंजा (śikañjā) — woodworking tool
- Icelandic: þvinga — woodworking tool
- Italian: morsetto — woodworking tool
- Japanese: クレンメ (kurenme) — woodworking tool
- Japanese: クランプ (kuranpu) — woodworking tool
- Japanese: 鎹 (kasugai) — woodworking tool
- Kazakh: қысқыш (qysqyş) — woodworking tool
- Korean: 조임틀 (joimteul) — woodworking tool
- Korean: 클램프 (keullaempeu) — woodworking tool
- Macedonian: менгеме (mengeme) — woodworking tool
- Macedonian: стега (stega) — woodworking tool
- Macedonian: клема (klema) — woodworking tool
- Māori: whakakopa — woodworking tool
- Māori: rawhi — woodworking tool
- Norwegian Bokmål: skrutvinge — woodworking tool
- Norwegian Bokmål: krampe — woodworking tool
- Persian: گیره (gire) — woodworking tool
- Plautdietsch: Kjlam — woodworking tool
- Polish: imadło — woodworking tool
- Polish: zacisk — woodworking tool
- Portuguese: grampo — woodworking tool
- Portuguese: braçadeira — woodworking tool
- Romanian: clemă — woodworking tool
- Russian: зажи́м (zažím) — woodworking tool
- Russian: хому́т (xomút) — woodworking tool
- Russian: струбци́на (strubcína) — woodworking tool
- Russian: кле́мма (klémma) — woodworking tool
- Russian: скоба́ (skobá) — woodworking tool
- Slovak: svorka — woodworking tool
- Spanish: sargento — woodworking tool
- Spanish: mordaza — woodworking tool
- Spanish: pinza — woodworking tool
- Spanish: abrazadera — woodworking tool
- Spanish: clamp — woodworking tool
- Spanish: sujetador — woodworking tool
- Spanish: fijación — woodworking tool
- Swahili: mbano — woodworking tool
- Swedish: tving — woodworking tool
- Swedish: klämma — woodworking tool
- Turkish: işkence — woodworking tool
- Ottoman Turkish: اشكنجه (işkence) — woodworking tool
- Ukrainian: затиска́ч (zatyskáč) — woodworking tool
- Ukrainian: за́тиск (zátysk) — woodworking tool
- Ukrainian: струбцина (strubcyna) — woodworking tool
- Urdu: شکنجه (śikañjā) — woodworking tool
- Uzbek: qisqich — woodworking tool
- Uzbek: iskanja — woodworking tool
- Venetan: tòrcoło — woodworking tool
- Catalan: clamp — surgical instrument
- Greek: αγγειολαβίδα (angeiolavída) — surgical instrument
- Macedonian: пеан (pean) — surgical instrument
- Māori: rawhi — surgical instrument
- Turkish: kıskaç — surgical instrument
- Ukrainian: затискач (zatyskač) — surgical instrument
- Russian: бурт (burt) — storage for agricultural produce
- Russian: кага́т (kagát) — storage for agricultural produce
- Swedish: stuka — storage for agricultural produce
- Ukrainian: бурт (burt) — storage for agricultural produce
- Ukrainian: кагат (kahat) — storage for agricultural produce
- Bulgarian: стягам (stjagam) — to fasten in place or together
- Bulgarian: притискам (pritiskam) — to fasten in place or together
- Chinese Mandarin: 鉗 /钳 (qián) — to fasten in place or together
- Czech: připevnit — to fasten in place or together
- Esperanto: krampi — to fasten in place or together
- French: serrer — to fasten in place or together
- French: fixer — to fasten in place or together
- German: einklemmen — to fasten in place or together
- German: festklemmen — to fasten in place or together
- Māori: whakakopa — to fasten in place or together
- Māori: rawhi — to fasten in place or together
- Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — to fasten in place or together
- Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — to fasten in place or together
- Russian: сжима́ться (sžimátʹsja) — to fasten in place or together
- Russian: сжа́ться (sžátʹsja) — to fasten in place or together
- Spanish: sujetar — to fasten in place or together
- Spanish: fijar — to fasten in place or together
- Spanish: afianzar — to fasten in place or together
- Spanish: clampar — to fasten in place or together
- Ukrainian: затискати (zatyskaty) — to fasten in place or together
- Ukrainian: закріпляти (zakripljaty) — to fasten in place or together
- Bulgarian: стискам (stiskam) — to hold or grip
- Esperanto: krampi — to hold or grip
- Finnish: puristaa — to hold or grip
- French: serrer — to hold or grip
- Māori: whakakopa — to hold or grip
- Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — to hold or grip
- Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — to hold or grip
- Russian: сти́скивать (stískivatʹ) — to hold or grip
- Russian: сти́снуть (stísnutʹ) — to hold or grip
- Ukrainian: стискати (styskaty) — to hold or grip
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