'Clam' definitions:
Definition of 'clam'
From: WordNet
noun
Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
noun
noun
Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
verb
Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
Definition of 'Clam'
From: GCIDE
- Clam \Clam\ (kl[a^]m), n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.]
- 1. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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). [1913 Webster]
- Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a cockle; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634). [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood. [1913 Webster]
- Blood clam. See under Blood. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clam'
From: GCIDE
- Clam \Clam\ (cl[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] [Cf. AS. cl[ae]man to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clam'
From: GCIDE
- Clam \Clam\, v. i. To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] --Dryden [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clam'
From: GCIDE
- Clam \Clam\, n. Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clam'
From: GCIDE
- Clam \Clam\, n. [Abbrev. fr. clamor.] A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. --Nares. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clam'
From: GCIDE
- Clam \Clam\, v. t. & i. To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. --Nares. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clam'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angle,
- bait the hook,
- blue point,
- bob,
- Chilopoda,
- Chordata,
- coquillage,
- crab,
- crawdad,
- crawfish,
- crayfish,
- dap,
- dib,
- dibble,
- drive,
- Dungeness crab,
- Echiuroidea,
- Ectoprocta,
- Entoprocta,
- fish,
- fly-fish,
- gig,
- go fishing,
- grig,
- guddle,
- jack,
- jacklight,
- Japanese crab,
- jig,
- Laconian,
- laconic,
- langouste,
- limpet,
- littleneck clam,
- lobster,
- Monoplacophora,
- mussel,
- Nemertinea,
- net,
- oyster,
- periwinkle,
- Phoronidea,
- prawn,
- quahog,
- scallop,
- seine,
- shellfish,
- shrimp,
- snail,
- soft-shell crab,
- Spartan,
- spin,
- steamer,
- still-fish,
- torch,
- trawl,
- troll,
- whale,
- whelk
Words containing 'Clam'
- Clammed,
- Clamming,
- clam up,
- clams,
- Blood clam,
- Clam Gulch,
- Giant clam,
- Hard clam,
- Hen clam,
- Long clam,
- Paw clam,
- Round clam,
- Sea clam,
- Soft clam,
- Surf clam,
- Tea clam,
- beach clam,
- cherrystone clam,
- clam chowder,
- clam dip,
- freshwater clam,
- gaper clam,
- jackknife clam,
- littleneck clam,
- razor clam,
- steamer clam,
- Clam Gulch, AK,
- Half-clammed,
- manhattan clam chowder,
- Hard-shelled clam,
- Little-neck clam,
- Soft-shell clam,
- hard-shell clam,
- long-neck clam,
- new england clam chowder