clam
noun
- common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs
verb
- shut the mouth
- to gather clams
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /klæm/ / [kleəm] ~ [klɛəm] / /klam/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English clammen, clemen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Cognate with German klamm (“clammy”). See also clammy (“damp, cold and sticky”) and clem (“to adhere, stick, plug (a hole)”).
- Clammy.
“Ice is said to be clam, when beginning to melt with the sun or otherwise, and not easy to be slid upon.”
noun
- Alternative form of CLAM.
verb
- Alternative form of clem (“to starve”).