Dictionary Definition
clamp n : a device (used by carpenters) that
holds things firmly together
Verb
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"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æmp
Synonyms
Translations
tool
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
to fasten in place or together
- Chinese: ：固定
- Finnish: puristaa (yhteen)
to hold or grip
- Finnish: puristaa
Extensive Definition
Clamp may refer to:
- Clamp (tool), a device used to hold an object in a fixed position.
- Storage clamp, an agricultural root crop storage.
- Clamp meter, a device for measuring electric current.
- Riser clamp, a device used to support vertical piping
- Clamp (manga artists), a team of four female mangaka.
- Shirley Clamp, a Swedish pop singer
- Sliding clamp, a protein involved in DNA-replication.
- Wheel clamp, a device used with road vehicles to either help prevent theft or enforce parking restrictions.
- clampf or clampi, color
- Clamp is a character in the television show Galaktik Football.
- Clamps is a member of the Robot Mafia in Futurama.
clamp in Japanese: クランプ
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
affix,
alum, anchor, annex, astringent, attach, bear hug, belay, bite, brace, bracket, cement, cinch, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clinging, clip, clutch, compress, compressor, constrictor, contractor, cramp, crush, death grip, embrace, engraft, ensphere, fasten, fastener, firm hold, fix, foothold, footing, graft, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, iron grip, knit, make fast, moor, nip, pincer, pinch, press, purchase, put to, screw up,
secure, seizure, set, set to, squeeze, styptic, styptic pencil,
tenure, tight grip,
tighten, toehold, trice up, trim, tweak, vice, vise, wad up