clamp

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to impose or inflict forcefully

   The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital.

2. 2
   verb

   to fasten or fix with a clamp

   They told me to clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened.

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.

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