clamp
🇺🇸
/klæmp/
🇬🇧
/klæmp/
verb
R
to hold or fasten things together tightly with a tool
Clamp the wood to the table to keep it steady.
R
to hold something very tightly so it doesn't move
She used a clamp to hold the papers together.
R
to put a device on a car wheel to prevent driving
The car was clamped for illegal parking.
noun
R
a tool that holds things together tightly
Use a clamp to keep the pieces in place.
R
a device attached to a car wheel to prevent driving
The clamp on the wheel stopped the car from moving.
translation
to hold or fasten things together tightly with a tool; to hold something very tightly so it doesn't move; to put a device on a car wheel to prevent driving
a tool that holds things together tightly; a device attached to a car wheel to prevent driving
Word Forms
3rd Present
clamps
Progressive
clamping
Past
clamped
Perfect
clamped
Plural
clamps