nnoun.animalburrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmnessDerivationally Related Form:clam
Hypernyms:bivalve lamellibranch pelecypod
Inherited Hypernyms:clambivalvemolluskinvertebrateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Mercenaria mercenariaMya arenariaTridacna gigasVenus mercenariageoduckgiant clamhard-shell clamhard clamjackknife clamknife-handlelong-neck clamquahaugquahograzor clamround clamshipwormsoft-shell clamsteamersteamer clamteredinid
Part Meronyms:clam
Full Hyponyms:cherrystonegeoduckgiant clamgiant northwest shipwormlittleneckquahograzor clamshipwormsoft-shell clamteredo
nnoun.possessiona piece of paper money worth one dollarRegion:AmericaU.S.U.S.A.USUSAUnited StatesUnited States of Americathe States
Synset:buck dollar dollar bill one dollar bill
Hypernyms:Federal Reserve note bank bill bank note banker's bill banknote bill government note greenback note
Inherited Hypernyms:dollarbillpaper moneycurrencymedium of exchangestandardsystem of measurementmeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.foodflesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clamsDerivationally Related Form:clam
Part Holonyms:clam
Hypernyms:shellfish
Inherited Hypernyms:clamshellfishseafoodfoodsolidmatterphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:hard-shell clamlong-neck clamquahaugquahoground clamsoft-shell clamsteamersteamer clam
Full Hyponyms:cherrystonelittleneckquahaugsoft-shell clam
vverb.contactgather clams, by digging in the sand by the oceanDerivationally Related Form:clam
Hypernyms:collect garner gather pull together
Inherited Hypernyms:clamgather
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | In the summer they like to go out and --- (apply to: clam)