Clamp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Clamp	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Clamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamp n a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together Synonym(s): clamp, clinch v fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened" impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clamp \Clamp\, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. {Clank}.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clamp \Clamp\, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[acr]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[acr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamped} (kl[acr]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.]