Definitions for: Clamp


[n] a device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
[v] impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"
[v] fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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 (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.

2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]


Clamp, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.]
A heavy footstep; a tramp.


Clamp, v. i.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

The policeman with clamping feet. --Thackeray.

See Also: bench clamp, bring down, C-clamp, cramp, fasten, fix, holding device, impose, inflict, pipe clamp, pipe vise, press, secure, visit

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