clam
verb/klæm/
/klæm/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they clam | /klæm/ /klæm/ |
| he / she / it clams | /klæmz/ /klæmz/ |
| past simple clammed | /klæmd/ /klæmd/ |
| past participle clammed | /klæmd/ /klæmd/ |
| -ing form clamming | /ˈklæmɪŋ/ /ˈklæmɪŋ/ |
Word Originearly 16th cent.: apparently from earlier clam ‘a clamp’, from Old English clam, clamm ‘a bond or bondage’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch klemme, German Klemme, also to clamp.
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