clamp
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
lifestyle
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
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.
Inflected forms:
form: clamps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: clamps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clamping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: clamped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: clamped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
pos: noun
gloss: An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: [T]he pots would be stacked in a heap, covered with wood chippings and brushwood and domed over with turves, leaving a few air vents around the sides. When complete the clamp would be fired[.]
gloss: A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: As we burst into the room, the Count turned his face, and the hellish look that I had heard described seemed to leap into it. His eyes flamed red with devilish passion. The great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge, and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast.
gloss: To hold or grip tightly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: After the depth range is clamped, the depth value is read from the depth stencil buffer, and the two values are compared with a selectable depth-comparison function […]
gloss: To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
pos: verb
tags: UK
obsolete
transitive
gloss: To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I was only parked there for five minutes but my car was still clamped.
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:
lang: Arabic
word: مَشْبَك
roman: mašbak
lang: Armenian
word: սեղմիչ
roman: seġmičʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: qısqac
lang: Belarusian
word: заціска́ч
roman: zaciskáč
lang: Belarusian
word: за́ціск
roman: zácisk
lang: Bulgarian
word: стя́га
roman: stjága
lang: Bulgarian
word: ско́ба
roman: skóba
lang: Bulgarian
word: закопча́лка
roman: zakopčálka
lang: Catalan
word: serjant
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鉗 /钳
roman: qián
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 夾 /夹
roman: jiā
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 夾具 /夹具
roman: jiājù, jiájù
lang: Czech
word: svěrka
lang: Danish
word: skruetvinge
lang: Dutch
word: lijmklem
lang: Dutch
word: sergeant
lang: Esperanto
word: krampo
lang: Finnish
word: puristin
lang: French
word: serre-joint
lang: Georgian
word: ჭახრაკი
roman: č̣axraḳi
lang: Georgian
word: მომჭერი
roman: momč̣eri
lang: German
word: Klammer
lang: German
word: Schraubzwinge
lang: German
word: Klemme
lang: German
word: Chlempi
lang: Greek
word: μέγγενη
roman: méngeni
lang: Hebrew
word: כְּלִיבָה
roman: klivá
lang: Hindi
word: शिकंजा
roman: śikañjā
lang: Icelandic
word: þvinga
lang: Italian
word: morsetto
lang: Japanese
word: クレンメ
roman: kurenme
lang: Japanese
word: クランプ
roman: kuranpu
lang: Japanese
word: 鎹
roman: kasugai
lang: Kazakh
word: қысқыш
roman: qysqyş
lang: Korean
word: 조임틀
roman: joimteul
lang: Korean
word: 클램프
roman: keullaempeu
lang: Macedonian
word: менгеме
roman: mengeme
lang: Macedonian
word: стега
roman: stega
lang: Macedonian
word: клема
roman: klema
lang: Māori
word: whakakopa
lang: Māori
word: rawhi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skrutvinge
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: krampe
lang: Persian
word: گیره
roman: gire
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Kjlam
lang: Polish
word: imadło
lang: Polish
word: zacisk
lang: Portuguese
word: grampo
lang: Portuguese
word: braçadeira
lang: Romanian
word: clemă
lang: Russian
word: зажи́м
roman: zažím
lang: Russian
word: хому́т
roman: xomút
lang: Russian
word: струбци́на
roman: strubcína
lang: Russian
word: кле́мма
roman: klémma
lang: Russian
word: скоба́
roman: skobá
lang: Slovak
word: svorka
lang: Spanish
word: sargento
lang: Spanish
word: mordaza
lang: Spanish
word: pinza
lang: Spanish
word: abrazadera
lang: Spanish
word: clamp
lang: Spanish
word: sujetador
lang: Spanish
word: fijación
lang: Swahili
word: mbano
lang: Swedish
word: tving
lang: Swedish
word: klämma
lang: Turkish
word: işkence
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اشكنجه
roman: işkence
lang: Ukrainian
word: затиска́ч
roman: zatyskáč
lang: Ukrainian
word: за́тиск
roman: zátysk
lang: Ukrainian
word: струбцина
roman: strubcyna
lang: Urdu
word: شکنجه
roman: śikañjā
lang: Uzbek
word: qisqich
lang: Uzbek
word: iskanja
lang: Venetan
word: tòrcoło