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an assortment of clamps


From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe ‎(a clamp, hook), from Proto-Germanic *klampō ‎(clamp, clasp, cramp). Cognate with Middle Low German klampe ‎(hook, clasp), German Klampfe, Klampe ‎(clamp, cleat), Norwegian klamp ‎(clamp).



clamp ‎(plural clamps)

  1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
  2. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
  3. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
  4. A heavy footstep; a tramp.
  5. (Electronics) Electronic circuit to fix a voltage (see Wikipedia)

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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
  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. (Britain, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.

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