clamp

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English

an assortment of clamps

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

clamp (plural clamps)

1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.

Synonyms

also a piece of wood (batten) accross the grain of a board end to keep it flat. As in a breadboard.

Derived terms

• clover clamp
• nipple clamp

Translations

tool

• Bulgarian: стяга (bg) (stjaga) f, скоба (bg) (skobá) f
• Catalan: serjant m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉗 (cmn), 钳 (cmn) (qián), 夾 (cmn), 夹 (cmn) (jiā)

• Czech: svěrka (cs) f
• Finnish: puristin (fi)
• French: attache (fr), parenthèse (fr), serre-joint (fr)
• German: Klammer (de) f, Schraubzwinge (de) f, Klemme (de) f

• Greek: μέγγενη (el) (méngeni) f
• Italian: brida (it)
• Japanese: クレンメ (ja) (kurenme), クランプ (ja) (kuranpu), 鎹 (ja) (かすがい, kasugai)
• Russian: зажим (ru) (zažím) m, хомут (ru) (xomút) m, струбцина (ru) (strubcína) f, клемма (ru) (klémma) f, скоба (ru) (skobá) f
• Spanish: mordaza (es), pinza (es) f
• Swahili: mbano (sw)
• Swedish: tving (sv) c

Verb

clamp (third-person singular simple present clamps, present participle clamping, simple past and past participle clamped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     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.

2. (intransitive) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
   • Thackeray

     The policeman with clamping feet.

3. (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
4. (transitive) To modify a numeric value so it lies within a specific range.
5. (UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.

Derived terms

• clamp down

Translations

to fasten in place or together

• Bulgarian: стягам (bg) (stjagam), притискам (bg) (pritiskam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鉗 (cmn), 钳 (cmn) (qián)

• Finnish: puristaa (fi) (yhteen (fi))
• Russian: сжимать (ru) (sžimátʹ) impf., сжать (ru) (sžatʹ) pf. (transitive), сжиматься (ru) (sžimátʹsja) impf., сжаться (ru) (sžátʹsja) pf. (intransitive)
• Swahili: mbano (sw)

to hold or grip

• Bulgarian: стискам (bg) (stiskam)
• Finnish: puristaa (fi)

• Russian: сжимать (ru) (sžimátʹ) impf., сжать (ru) (sžatʹ) pf., стискивать (ru) (stískivatʹ) impf., стиснуть (ru) (stísnutʹ) pf.
• Swahili: mbano (sw)

See also

• clasp
• vise, vice