Clamp

n.	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.	(Joinery) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
	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.	(Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
	5.	A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
	6.	A mollusk. See Clam. Clamp nails nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
v. t.	1.	To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp. [imp. & p. p. Clamped (klămt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping.]
	2.	To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
n.	1.	A heavy footstep; a tramp.
v. i.	1.	To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. - Thackeray.

Noun	1.	clamp - a device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
Verb	1.	clamp - fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"
	2.	clamp - impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"

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