clam
(noun) burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
clam
(noun) flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam
(noun) a piece of paper money worth one dollar
clam
(verb) gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clam (plural clams)
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
Strong pincers or forceps.
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
(US, slang) A dollar (usually used in the plural).
(slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
(slang, vulgar) A vagina.
(informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
To dig for clams.
clam (plural clams)
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
clam (comparative clammer, )
(obsolete, ) clammy.
clam
clamminess; moisture
clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
clam (plural clams)
(rowing) Alternative form of CLAM
• ALCM, CAML, Caml, Malc, calm
CLAM (plural CLAMs)
(rowing) Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set.
• ALCM, CAML, Caml, Malc, calm
Source: Wiktionary
Clam, n. Etym: [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634).
2. (Ship Carp.)
Definition: Strong pinchers or forceps.
3. pl. (Mech.)
Definition: A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood.
Clam (clam), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] Etym: [Cf. AS. clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.]
Definition: To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.
Clam, v. i.
Definition: To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden
Clam, n.
Definition: Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle.
Clam, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. clamor.]
Definition: A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares.
Clam, v. t. & i.
Definition: To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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