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Entry 10 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Clamp

/(klămp)/ · IPA /ˈklæmp/
01 n. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
  1. 1.
    Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
  2. 2.
    An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.(Joinery)
  3. 3.
    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.
  4. 4.
    A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.(Shipbuilding)
  5. 5.
    A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
  6. 6.
    A mollusk. See Clam.[Obs.] See: Clam
Phrases & compounds
Clamp nails — nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
02 v. t. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
imp. & p. p. Clamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping
  1. 1.
    To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
  2. 2.
    To cover, as vegetables, with earth.[Eng.]
03 n. A heavy footstep; a tramp.
  1. 1.
    A heavy footstep; a tramp.
04 v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
  1. 1.
    To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
    “The policeman with clamping feet.” — Thackeray.