English Explanatory Dictionary

clamp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
  2. An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
  3. A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
  4. A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
  5. A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
  6. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
  7. An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
verb
  1. To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
  2. To hold or grip tightly.
  3. To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
  4. To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
  5. To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
noun
  1. A heavy footstep; a tramp.
verb
  1. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈklæmp/ [ˈkʰlæmp] en-us-clamp.ogg /ˈkleə̯mp/ [ˈkʰleə̯mp] /ˈklɛə̯mp/ [ˈkʰlɛə̯mp]

Word forms

clamp clamps clamping clamped

Etymology

From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi.

Related words

clasp vise vice

Derived words

alcohol clamp alligator clamp C-clamp clamp connection clamp-down clampless clamplike clamp stand clampy clover clamp cryoclamp declamp F clamp G-clamp hose clamp microclamp nipple clamp paper clamp patch clamp rope clamp sliding clamp wheel-clamp clampable clamp down clampee clamper clamp off reclamp unclamp

Translations

Arabic: مَشْبَك Armenian: սեղմիչ Azerbaijani: qısqac Belarusian: заціска́ч Belarusian: за́ціск Bulgarian: стя́га Bulgarian: ско́ба Bulgarian: закопча́лка Catalan: serjant Chinese Mandarin: 鉗 /钳 Chinese Mandarin: 夾 /夹 Chinese Mandarin: 夾具 /夹具 Czech: svěrka Danish: skruetvinge Dutch: lijmklem Dutch: sergeant Esperanto: krampo Finnish: puristin French: serre-joint Georgian: ჭახრაკი Georgian: მომჭერი German: Klammer German: Schraubzwinge German: Klemme German: Chlempi Greek: μέγγενη Hebrew: כְּלִיבָה Hindi: शिकंजा Icelandic: þvinga Italian: morsetto Japanese: クレンメ Japanese: クランプ Japanese: 鎹 Kazakh: қысқыш Korean: 조임틀 Korean: 클램프 Macedonian: менгеме Macedonian: стега Macedonian: клема Māori: whakakopa Māori: rawhi Norwegian Bokmål: skrutvinge Norwegian Bokmål: krampe Persian: گیره Plautdietsch: Kjlam Polish: imadło Polish: zacisk Portuguese: grampo Portuguese: braçadeira Romanian: clemă Russian: зажи́м Russian: хому́т Russian: струбци́на Russian: кле́мма Russian: скоба́ Slovak: svorka Spanish: sargento Spanish: mordaza Spanish: pinza Spanish: abrazadera Spanish: clamp Spanish: sujetador Spanish: fijación Swahili: mbano Swedish: tving Swedish: klämma Turkish: işkence Ottoman Turkish: اشكنجه Ukrainian: затиска́ч Ukrainian: за́тиск Ukrainian: струбцина Urdu: شکنجه
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