clamp

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: clinch

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly togetherSynonyms: clinch

Verb (2)

  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”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Clamp \Clamp\, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp. [1913 Webster]
Clamp \Clamp\, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. [1913 Webster]

The policeman with clamping feet. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

4.(Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams. [1913 Webster]

5.A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking. [1913 Webster]

6.A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships. [1913 Webster]

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