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1.nounAcronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set.
2.nounA bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
3.nounStrong pincers or forceps.
4.nounA kind of vise, usually of wood.
5.nounA dollar (usually used in the plural)."Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!"
6.nounA Scientologist.
7.nounA vagina.
8.nounOne who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
9.verbTo dig for clams.
10.nounA crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
11.verbTo produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
12.verbTo be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
13.verbTo clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.