clamps is a form of:
Clamp
noun
- 1.
- (a device for holding things tightly) ដែកក្រចាប់, ការភ្ជាប់ដោយដែកក្រចាប់, ការធ្វើឲ្យនឹង, ការធ្វើកុំឲ្យប្រែប្រួល, ការភ្ជាប់ wood clamp អង្គំ
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) អង្គំ, ប្រដាប់គៀបសរសៃឈាម ដើម្បីកុំឲ្យឈាមហូរចេញនៅពេលវះកាត់
verb — past tense: clamped ; past participle: clamped ; present participle: clamping ;
- 1.
- (COLLOQUIAL) (INTRANSITIVE) Clamp down (on) តឹងរឹបឡើងនឹង
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to fasten or brace with a clamp, to impose forcefully. -Clamp down to impose controls, to become more strict) clamp wood រឹបភ្ជាប់នឹងអង្គំ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
- 2.
- An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
- 3.
- A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
- 4.
- One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
- 5.
- A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
- 6.
- A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
- 7.
- A heavy footstep; a tramp.
verb — past tense: clamped ; past participle: clamped ; present participle: clamping ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
- 1.
- A mollusk