clamp
121clamp — verb Syn: fasten, secure, fix, attach, clench, grip, hold, press, clasp, screw, bolt …
122Clamp — WikiV A device which functions during the horizontal blanking or synchronizing interval to fix the level of the picture signal at some predetermined reference level at the beginning of each scanning line …
123clamp — see CLIMB …
124clamp|er — …
125pedicle clamp — clamp forceps (def. 1); see under forceps …
126clamp down — {v.}, {informal} To put on strict controls; enforce rules or laws. * /After the explosion, police clamped down and let no more visitors inside the monument./ * /The school clamped down on smoking./ * /When the crowds became bigger and wilder, the …
127clamp down — {v.}, {informal} To put on strict controls; enforce rules or laws. * /After the explosion, police clamped down and let no more visitors inside the monument./ * /The school clamped down on smoking./ * /When the crowds became bigger and wilder, the …
128clamp down — intransitive verb Date: 1938 to impose restrictions ; crack down < the police are clamping down on speeders > …