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Meaning and definition for "clamp" word
[verb] impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"
[verb] fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"
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(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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Let's analyse "clamp" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: PMALC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]
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clamp: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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