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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clamp down vb (intr, adverb) often followed by on: - to behave repressively; attempt to repress something regarded as undesirable
n clampdown - a sudden restrictive measure
clamp /klæmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a device for fastening two things together:Adjust the clamp to hold this piece of wood while I drill a hole here.
v. - to fasten with a clamp or as if in a clamp:[~ + object]He clamped the glued pieces together for a stronger bond. I clamped my mouth shut and said no more.
- clamp down, [~ + down (+ on + object)] to impose stricter control:to clamp down on crime.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clamp (klamp),USA pronunciation n. - a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- an appliance with opposite sides or parts that may be adjusted or brought closer together to hold or compress something.
- one of a pair of movable pieces, made of lead or other soft material, for covering the jaws of a vise and enabling it to grasp without bruising.
- Also called clamp′ rail′. [Carpentry.]a rail having a groove or a number of mortises for receiving the ends of a number of boards to bind them into a flat piece, as a drawing board or door.
- [Naut.]
- a horizontal timber in a wooden hull, secured to ribs to support deck beams and to provide longitudinal strength.
- See mast clamp.
v.t. - to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
- clamp down, to become more strict:There were too many tax loopholes, so the government clamped down.
- clamp down on, to impose or increase controls on.
- Middle Dutch clampe clamp, cleat; cognate with Middle Low German klampe
- Middle English (noun, nominal) 1350–1400
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clinch, clench, secure.
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