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Substantiivit

1. A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
2. (dated) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
3. (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
4. (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
5. A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
6. (agriculture) A compact pile of agricultural produce (such as root vegetables or silage) used for temporary storage (often covered with straw, earth, or both).
7. A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
8. (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.

Verbit

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
2. (intransitive, dated) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
3. (transitive) To hold or grip tightly.
4. (transitive) To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range.
5. (UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
6. (transitive) To immobilise (a vehicle) by means of a wheel clamp.