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clamp
[ klamp ]
noun
- a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- an appliance with opposite sides or parts that may be adjusted or brought closer together to hold or compress something.
- one of a pair of movable pieces, made of lead or other soft material, for covering the jaws of a vise and enabling it to grasp without bruising.
- Also called clamp rail. Carpentry. a rail having a groove or a number of mortises for receiving the ends of a number of boards to bind them into a flat piece, as a drawing board or door.
- Nautical.
- a horizontal timber in a wooden hull, secured to ribs to support deck beams and to provide longitudinal strength.
verb phrase
- to impose or increase controls on.
- to become more strict:
There were too many tax loopholes, so the government clamped down.
clamp
1/ klæmp /
noun
- a mechanical device with movable jaws with which an object can be secured to a bench or with which two objects may be secured together
- See also wheel clamp
- a means by which a fixed joint may be strengthened
- nautical a horizontal beam fastened to the ribs for supporting the deck beams in a wooden vessel
verb
- to fix or fasten with or as if with a clamp
- to immobilize (a car) by means of a wheel clamp
- to inflict or impose forcefully
they clamped a curfew on the town
clamp
2/ klæmp /
noun
- a mound formed out of a harvested root crop, covered with straw and earth to protect it from winter weather
- a pile of bricks ready for processing in a furnace
verb
- tr to enclose (a harvested root crop) in a mound
Other Words From
- un·clamped adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of clamp1
Word History and Origins
Origin of clamp1
Origin of clamp2
Example Sentences
He clamps his eyes closed, and when he refuses to open them at Romy’s request, she reaches up to pry open his eyelids, causing him to smile.
I attached my lens to a clamp to keep it still and used a remote shutter release.
Since Dobbs, which gave states the right to ban abortion, many states have gone above and beyond to further clamp down on access to abortion care.
Mexican authorities have also increasingly been clamping down on the flow of migrants headed north to the US border.
Hasina, who was in charge of Bangladesh for more than 20 years, was seen as an autocrat whose government ruthlessly clamped down on dissent.
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