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clamp

/klæmp/ /klæmp/
  1. 1
    (kıskaçla, mengeneyle) sıkıştırmak, kelepçeyle tutturmak

    To hold two things together, or keep something in position, with a clamp.

    • Clamp the two pieces of wood together until the glue dries.
      Tutkal kuruyana kadar iki tahta parçasını mengeneyle sıkıştır.
    • The lamp is clamped to the edge of the desk.
      Lamba masanın kenarına kıskaçla tutturulmuş.
  2. 2
    sıkıca bastırmak, (dişlerini) sıkmak

    To hold something tightly, or press it firmly against something.

    • She clamped her hands over her ears to block out the noise.
      Gürültüyü duymamak için ellerini kulaklarına sıkıca bastırdı.
    • He clamped his teeth together and said nothing.
      Dişlerini sıktı ve hiçbir şey söylemedi.
  3. 3
    (araca) teker kilidi takmak

    To fix a metal lock to the wheel of a car that is parked illegally, so that it cannot be driven.

    • If you park here, your car will be clamped.
      Buraya park edersen arabana teker kilidi takılır.
    • I came back to find that my car had been clamped.
      Döndüğümde arabama teker kilidi takıldığını gördüm.

Verb Forms Regular

Base clamp
/klæmp/
Past clamped
/klæmpt/
Participle clamped
/klæmpt/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edclamp → clamped

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /p/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. clamped /klæmpt/

Synonyms

Collocations

clamp something togetherclamp something to somethingclamp your hands over somethingclamp your mouth shutget clampedclamp down on something

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