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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun clam has 3 senses

clam(n = noun.animal) - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness;

has particulars: long-neck clam, mya arenaria, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam, hard-shell clam, hard clam, mercenaria mercenaria, quahaug, quahog, round clam, venus mercenaria, geoduck, jackknife clam, knife-handle, razor clam, giant clam, tridacna gigas, shipworm, teredinid

has parts: clam

Derived form verb clam₁

clam(n = noun.possession) buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill - a piece of paper money worth one dollar;

is a kind of bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, note

clam(n = noun.food) - flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams;

is a part of

clam

is a kind of shellfish

has particulars: hard-shell clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam, long-neck clam, soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam

Derived form verb clam₁

Verb clam has 1 sense

clam(v = verb.contact) - gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean;

Derived forms noun clam₁, noun clam₃

Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and clam

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CIDE DICTIONARY

clam, n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.].

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." [1913 Webster]

"Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a cockle; it lieth under the sand." [1913 Webster]
Strong pinchers or forceps. [1913 Webster]
A kind of vise, usually of wood. [1913 Webster]

Blood clam. See under Blood.

clam, v. t. [Cf. AS. clæman 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." [1913 Webster]

clam, v. i.

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. Dryden [1913 Webster]

clam, n.

Claminess; moisture. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

clam, n. [Abbrev. fr. clamor.].

A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares. [1913 Webster]

clam, v. t. & i.

To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

clam, n. & v.
--n.
1 any bivalve mollusc, esp. the edible N. American hard or round clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) or the soft or long clam (Mya arenaria).
2 colloq. a shy or withdrawn person.
--v.intr. (clammed, clamming)
1 dig for clams.
2 (foll. by up) colloq. refuse to talk.

Etymology

16th c.: app. f. clam a clamp

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THESAURUS

clam

Chilopoda, Chordata, Dungeness crab, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Japanese crab, Laconian, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, Spartan, angle, bait the hook, blue point, bob, coquillage, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, dap, dib, dibble, drive, fish, fly-fish, gig, go fishing, grig, guddle, jack, jacklight, jig, laconic, langouste, limpet, littleneck clam, lobster, mussel, net, oyster, periwinkle, prawn, quahog, scallop, seine, shellfish, shrimp, snail, soft-shell crab, spin, steamer, still-fish, torch, trawl, troll, whale, whelk

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ROGET THESAURUS

clam

Food

N food, eating, deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination, gluttony, hippophagy, ichthyophagy, (appetite), mouth, jaws, mandible, mazard, gob, chops, drinking, potation, draught, libation, carousal, drunkenness, food, pabulum, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, sustenance, sustentation, sustention, nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board, commissariat, prey, forage, pasture, pasturage, fare, cheer, diet, dietary, regimen, belly timber, staff of life, bread, bread and cheese, comestibles, eatables, victuals, edibles, ingesta, grub, grubstake, prog, meat, bread, bread stuffs, cerealia, cereals, viands, cates, delicacy, dainty, creature comforts, contents of the larder, fleshpots, festal board, ambrosia, good cheer, good living, beef, bisquit, bun, cornstarch, cookie, cooky, cracker, doughnut, fatling, hardtack, hoecake, hominy, mutton, pilot bread, pork, roti, rusk, ship biscuit, veal, joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled, remove, entremet, releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince, pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat, pie, pasty, volauvent, pudding, omelet, pastry, sweets, kickshaws, condiment, appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, main course, entree, alligator pear, apple, apple slump, artichoke, ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack, atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak, beet root, blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey, chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut, table, cuisine, bill of fare, menu, table d'hote, ordinary, entree, meal, repast, feed, spread, mess, dish, plate, course, regale, regalement, refreshment, entertainment, refection, collation, picnic, feast, banquet, junket, breakfast, lunch, luncheon, dejeuner, bever, tiffin, dinner, supper, snack, junk food, fast food, whet, bait, dessert, potluck, table d'hote, dejeuner a la fourchette, hearty meal, square meal, substantial meal, full meal, blowout, light refreshment, bara, chotahazri, bara khana, mouthful, bolus, gobbet, morsel, sop, sippet, drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup, potion, dram, draught, drench, swill, nip, sip, sup, gulp, wine, spirits, liqueur, beer, ale, malt liquor, Sir John Barleycorn, stingo, heavy wet, grog, toddy, flip, purl, punch, negus, cup, bishop, wassail, gin, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, tea, the cup that cheers but not inebriates, bock beer, lager beer, Pilsener beer, schenck beer, Brazil tea, cider, claret, ice water, mate, mint julep, near beer, 2 beer, non- alcoholic beverage, eating house, diner, hippophage, glutton, eatable, edible, esculent, comestible, alimentary, cereal, cibarious, dietetic, culinary, nutritive, nutritious, gastric, succulent, potable, potulent, bibulous, omnivorous, carnivorous, herbivorous, granivorous, graminivorous, phytivorous, ichthyivorous, omophagic, omophagous, pantophagous, phytophagous, xylophagous, across the walnuts and the wine, blessed hour of our dinners!, now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!, who can cloy the hungry edge of appetite?.