"clem" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /klɛm/ Audio: En-au-clem.ogg [Australia] Forms: clems [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: Possibly from clementine, a small round citrus fruit. Etymology templates: {{m|en|clementine}} clementine Head templates: {{en-noun}} clem (plural clems)
  1. (Geordie, vulgar, slang) A testicle. Tags: Geordie, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-clem-en-noun-S3EQAU68 Categories (other): Geordie English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /klɛm/ Audio: En-au-clem.ogg [Australia] Forms: clems [present, singular, third-person], clemming [participle, present], clemmed [participle, past], clemmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: table Inherited from Middle English *clemmen, *clammen, from Old English clemman, clæmman (“to press, surround”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch klemmen (“to jam, pinch, stick”), German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick [to a surface]”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|to starve}} table, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|*clemmen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English *clemmen, {{inh+|en|enm|*clemmen}} Inherited from Middle English *clemmen, {{m|enm|*clammen}} *clammen, {{inh|en|ang|clemman}} Old English clemman, {{m|ang|clæmman|t=to press, surround}} clæmman (“to press, surround”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*klammjan|t=to squeeze}} Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“to squeeze”), {{cog|nl|klemmen|t=to jam, pinch, stick}} Dutch klemmen (“to jam, pinch, stick”), {{cog|de|klemmen|t=to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick 􂀿to a surface􂁀}} German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick [to a surface]”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clem (third-person singular simple present clems, present participle clemming, simple past and past participle clemmed)
  1. (UK, dialect, transitive or intransitive) To be hungry; starve. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: clam
    Sense id: en-clem-en-verb-hLthYv6k Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 69 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /klɛm/ Audio: En-au-clem.ogg [Australia] Forms: clems [present, singular, third-person], clemming [participle, present], clemmed [participle, past], clemmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛm Head templates: {{en-verb}} clem (third-person singular simple present clems, present participle clemming, simple past and past participle clemmed)
  1. Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clam (extra: to adhere)
    Sense id: en-clem-en-verb-V~eo1BEJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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