English Explanatory Dictionary

clem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be hungry; starve.
noun
  1. A brick or stone.
  2. One stone (unit of mass).
  3. A testicle.
verb
  1. Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”).
name
  1. A unisex given name.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Clement.
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.

Pronunciation

/klɛm/ En-au-clem.ogg

Word forms

clem clems clemming clemmed clam

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *clemmen, *clammen, from Old English clemman, clæmman (“to press, surround”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch klemmen (“to jam, pinch, stick”), German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick [to a surface]”).

Synonyms

clemmy

Translations

French: Clém
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