Clamp vs. Clasp

Clampnoun

A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.

Clampnoun

(medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.

Clampnoun

(UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.

Clampnoun

A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.

Clampnoun

A pile of root vegetables stored under a layer of earth.

Clampnoun

A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.

Clampnoun

(electronics) 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.

Clampnoun

(dated) A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Clampverb

To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.

Clampverb

(transitive) To hold or grip tightly.

Clampverb

(transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range.

Clampverb

To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.

Clampverb

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.

Clampnoun

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

Clampnoun

An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

Clampnoun

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.

Clampnoun

A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.

Clampnoun

A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.

Clampnoun

A mollusk. See Clam.

Clampnoun

A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Clampverb

To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

Clampverb

To cover, as vegetables, with earth.

Clampverb

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

Clampnoun

a device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

Clampverb

fasten or fix with a clamp;

Clampverb

impose or inflict forcefully;

Claspnoun

A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.

Claspnoun

(in the singular) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.

Claspverb

(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.

Claspverb

To shut or fasten together with, or as if with, a clasp.

Claspverb

To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

Claspverb

To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

Claspverb

To surround and cling to; to entwine about.

Claspnoun

An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.

Claspnoun

A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.

Claspnoun

a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together

Claspnoun

the act of grasping;

Claspverb

hold firmly and tightly

Claspverb

fasten with or as if with a brooch

Claspverb

fasten with a buckle or buckles

Claspverb

grasp firmly;

Claspverb

grasp (something) tightly with one's hand

Claspverb

place (one's arms) around something so as to hold it tightly

Claspverb

hold (someone) tightly

Claspverb

fasten (something) with a small brooch or similar device

Claspnoun

a device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together

Claspnoun

a silver bar on a medal ribbon, inscribed with the name of the battle at which the wearer was present

Claspnoun

an embrace

Claspnoun

a grasp or handshake