Definitions
impose or inflict forcefully
Word origin
From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.
Used in a sentence
“[T]he pots would be stacked in a heap, covered with wood chippings and brushwood and domed over with turves, leaving a few air vents around the sides. When complete the clamp would be fired[.]”
“After the depth range is clamped, the depth value is read from the depth stencil buffer, and the two values are compared with a selectable depth-comparison function […]”
“I was only parked there for five minutes but my car was still clamped.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hold tightly in place”5 letters
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