Noun
a device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

Verb
impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"

Verb
fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

n.
Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

n.
An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

n.
A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.

n.
One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.

n.
A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.

n.
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.

n.
A mollusk. See Clam.

v. t.
To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

v. t.
To cover, as vegetables, with earth.

n.
A heavy footstep; a tramp.

v. i.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

Clamp

Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.

Clamp

Clamp , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped (?; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping.] 1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp. 2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]

Clamp

Clamp, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf.Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Clamp

Clamp, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

The policeman with clamping feet.

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

A heavy footstep; a tramp.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.