different between hasp vs clamp

English

Etymology

From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-Germanic *haspij?, *hapsij? (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”). Cognate with Middle Dutch haspe, Middle Low German haspe, hespe, German Low German Haspel (“spindle of yarn”), German Häspe, Danish haspe, Swedish hasp, Icelandic hespa (“clamp; hasp; skein of yarn”).

Noun

hasp (plural hasps)

1. A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on.
3. Alternative form of hesp
4. An instrument for cutting the surface of grassland; a scarifier.

Translations

Verb

hasp (third-person singular simple present hasps, present participle hasping, simple past and past participle hasped)

1. (transitive) To shut or fasten with a hasp.

Translations

Anagrams

• HSAP, HSPA, PAHs, PHAs, SAHP, Shap, haps, pahs, pash, psha

Irish

Noun

hasp f sg

1. h-prothesized form of asp

Swedish

Noun

hasp c

1. a hasp, a latch, a primitive locking mechanism

Declension

Related terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klæmp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klamp? (“clamp, clasp, cramp”). Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi.

Noun

clamp (plural clamps)

1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
2. (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
3. (Britain) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
4. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
5. A pile of agricultural produce such as root vegetables or silage stored under a layer of earth or an airtight sheet.
6. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
7. (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.

Derived terms

• clover clamp
• nipple clamp
• sliding clamp

Translations

References

Storage clamp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Clamper (electronics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

clamp (third-person singular simple present clamps, present participle clamping, simple past and past participle clamped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     As we burst into the room, the Count turned his face, and the hellish look that I had heard described seemed to leap into it. His eyes flamed red with devilish passion. The great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge, and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast.

2. (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
3. (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range.
   • 2016, Jason Zink, Matt Pettineo, Jack Hoxley, Practical Rendering and Computation with Direct3D 11 (page 253)

     After the depth range is clamped, the depth value is read from the depth stencil buffer, and the two values are compared with a selectable depth-comparison function […]

4. (Britain, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.

Derived terms

• clamp down
• unclamp

Translations

See also

• clasp
• vise, vice

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

clamp (plural clamps)

1. (dated) A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Verb

clamp (third-person singular simple present clamps, present participle clamping, simple past and past participle clamped)

1. (intransitive, dated) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.

   • the policeman with clamping feet