clamp

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
2. An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
3. A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
4. A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
5. A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
6. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
7. An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.

Verb

1. To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
2. To hold or grip tightly.
3. To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
4. (obsolete) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
5. To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.

Verb

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.

Konzepte

Klammer

🗜️

Krampe

Klemme

🗜️

Schraubzwinge

🗜️

einspannen

🗜️

befestigen

klammern

klemmen

halten

einklemmen

schließen

Schnalle

Schraubstock

Spanner

Steigbügel

krallen

Zwinge

Heftzwinge

Klemmbüchse

Klemmschelle

Spannbügel

Lampenfassung

Meßwandlerzange

Abfangung

Spanneisen

Bügel

🙇

festklammern

Haufen

heften

Kleiderbügel

Klemmstück

Miete

scharren

Schelle

Synonyme

staple

brace

pinch

clip

parenthesis

grip

clasp

cramp

vice

nip

squeeze

bracket

press

grasp

clutch

holdfast

grab

tongs

fastening

clinch

fasten

connecting terminal

attachment clip

fastener

grapple

constrictor

pile

vise

clench

buckle

jig

compress

fish

🐟

pin against

pin down

heap

constrict

hold

hold down

holder

hold fast

holding device

hold together

hook

🪝

hug

impel

intermingle

intimidate

jam

jaw

lock

🔒

make

mound

nail

pliers

press out

prise

ream

reduce

run over

sandbag

shackle

sphincter

spike

squeeze out

squeezer

sting

stirrup

strangulate

tie

tie down

tighten

tong

tweezers

twinge

twitch

wad

wrench

🔧

wring

make tight

press together

hold tightly

clamping fixture

clamp-on

chucking appliance

chucking fixture

gripping appliance

crimped lock

wiring terminal

clamp-iron

tighten together

clamp apparatus

staple bolt

cramping apparatus

cramping arrangement

work locating fixture

pincer clamp

clamp frame

wire ferrule

ache

direct current restoration

bind

binding post

bite

boss

browbeat

button

chafe

choke

chuck

chucking

clam

clincher

coerce

compel

connector

crampon

crowd out

crush

dragoon

draw

drive

enfold

enforce

express

extract

fixture

force

forceps

fork out

fork over

girdle

gripe

gripper

gripping device

hale

hasp

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/klæmp/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Middle Low German: klampe

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Klampfe

Verwandt mit Norwegisch: klamp

Verwandt mit Schweizerdeutsch: Chlempi

In summary

From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.
Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi.