Толковый словарь английского языка - clam
Clam
clam
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~m bond, fetter; akin to Old High German klamma constriction and perhaps to Latin glomus ball Date: before 12th century ~p , clasp , II. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: 1~; from the ~ping action of the shells Date: circa 1520 1. any of numerous edible marine bivalve mollusks living in sand or mud, a freshwater mussel, a stolid or closemouthed person, ~shell , dollar 3, III. intransitive verb (~med; ~ming) Date: 1636 to gather ~s especially by digging, ~mer noun
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n. & v. --n. 1 any bivalve mollusc, esp. the edible N. American hard or round clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) or the soft or long clam (Mya arenaria). 2 colloq. a shy or withdrawn person. --v.intr. (clammed, clamming) 1 dig for clams. 2 (foll. by up) colloq. refuse to talk. Etymology: 16th c.: app. f. clam a clamp ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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