clam

1. 1.

   gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

   Broadergather

Other forms of clam

plural

clams·

past tense or participle

clammed

present participle

clamming

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clam

What does clam mean?

clam means "burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clam?

clam has 1 syllable: clam. In IPA it is /ˈklæm/.

What is another word for clam?

Close synonyms include dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clam a common word?

clam is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.