A clam is a marine animal with two shells that eats by straining food from water, sand, or mud. You can sometimes find clams by digging in the sand close to the seashore.
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible;
Noun
burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
Noun
flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
Noun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Verb
gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
v. t.
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are
edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam
(Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and
other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given
originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
v. t.
Strong pinchers or forceps.
v. t.
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
v. t.
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
v. i.
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
n.
Claminess; moisture.
n.
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime
at once.
v. t. & i.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to
cause to clang.
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You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure.
Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand.2.
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A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again.
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A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible;
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
Claminess; moisture.
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Usage Examples
You can't escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you dream about? Your mother's clam chowder. It's security, comfort. It brings you home.
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Other Usage ExamplesEvery woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.
I'm from Manchester, Mass., so it was lobster, lobster and more lobster! Also, lots of fish that we caught in the summers, clam chowder and roast beef sandwiches. But my mom was pretty healthy we had a lot of chicken and broccoli and rice as well.
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