Толковый словарь английского языка - clamp
Clamp
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I. noun see: clam Date: 14th century a device designed to bind or constrict or to press two or more parts together so as to hold them firmly, any of various instruments or appliances having parts brought together for holding or compressing something, II. transitive verb Date: 1683 to fasten with or as if with a ~ , 2. to place by decree ; impose , to hold tightly
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a device, esp. a brace or band of iron etc., for strengthening other materials or holding things together. 2 a device for immobilizing an illegally parked car. --v.tr. 1 strengthen or fasten with a clamp. 2 place or hold firmly. 3 immobilize (an illegally parked car) by fixing a clamp to one of its wheels. Phrases and idioms clamp down 1 (often foll. by on) be rigid in enforcing a rule etc. 2 (foll. by on) try to suppress. clamp-down n. severe restriction or suppression. Etymology: ME prob. f. MDu., MLG klamp(e) 2. n. 1 a heap of potatoes or other root vegetables stored under straw or earth. 2 a pile of bricks for burning. 3 a pile of turf or peat or garden rubbish etc. Etymology: 16th c.: prob. f. Du. klamp heap (in sense 2 related to CLUMP) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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