clamp-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Fasten or fix something to itself or something else.

Commentary:
NOTE: May be abstract.

Examples:
Clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened.
John clamped his finger to the board.
The military clamped a curfew on the populace.

Mappings:
VerbNet: tape-22.4-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: clamp.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: CLAMP DOWN: repress or suppress (something regarded as undesireable); deny expression to.

Commentary: Is: CLAMP DOWN

Examples:
The police clamped down on illegal drugs.
We have to clamp down on gang elements in the city.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
clamp_down 1

Sense Number 3: CLAMP DOWN: physically bite.

Commentary: Is: CLAMP DOWN

Examples:
The dog really clamped down.
I had to clamp down to keep from screaming out in pain.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM