clam in English dictionary

  • clam

    Meanings and definitions of "clam"

    • 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.
    • Strong pincers or forceps.
    • A kind of vise, usually of wood.
    • (US, slang) A dollar (usually used in the plural). Possibly originating from the term wampum.
    • To dig for clams.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      clammy.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      Strong pincers or forceps.
    • noun
      A kind of vise, usually of wood.
    • noun
      (US, slang)
      A dollar (usually used in the plural).
    • noun
      (slang, derogatory)
      A Scientologist.
    • noun
      A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
    • verb
      To dig for clams.
    • verb
      To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
    • mollusc
    • Shelled marine or freshwater mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia (a mollusk whose body is protected by two symmetrical shells).
    • A marine or freshwater mollusks belonging to the class Bivalvia, whose body is protected by two symmetrical shells.
    • noun
      a piece of paper money worth one dollar
    • noun
      burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
    • noun
      flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
    • verb
      gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

    Synonyms of "clam" in English dictionary

    garner, pull together, pelecypod are the top synonyms of "clam" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of clam

    • clam ( plural  clams)
    • clam ( third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza clam, lm  liczba mnoga clams
    • clam (comparative clammer, superlative clammest)
    • clam (plural clams)
    • clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
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