Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clem
Participle: clemmed
Gerund: clemming
Indicative
Present
| I | clem |
| you | clem |
| he;she;it | clems |
| we | clem |
| you | clem |
| they | clem |
Perfect
| I | have clemmed |
| you | have clemmed |
| he;she;it | has clemmed |
| we | have clemmed |
| you | have clemmed |
| they | have clemmed |
Past
| I | clemmed |
| you | clemmed |
| he;she;it | clemmed |
| we | clemmed |
| you | clemmed |
| they | clemmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had clemmed |
| you | had clemmed |
| he;she;it | had clemmed |
| we | had clemmed |
| you | had clemmed |
| they | had clemmed |
Future
| I | will clem |
| you | will clem |
| he;she;it | will clem |
| we | will clem |
| you | will clem |
| they | will clem |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clemmed |
| you | will have clemmed |
| he;she;it | will have clemmed |
| we | will have clemmed |
| you | will have clemmed |
| they | will have clemmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clem |
| you | clem |
| he;she;it | clem |
| we | clem |
| you | clem |
| they | clem |
Perfect
| I | have clemmed |
| you | have clemmed |
| he;she;it | have clemmed |
| we | have clemmed |
| you | have clemmed |
| they | have clemmed |
Imperfect
| I | clemmed |
| you | clemmed |
| he;she;it | clemmed |
| we | clemmed |
| you | clemmed |
| they | clemmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had clemmed |
| you | had clemmed |
| he;she;it | had clemmed |
| we | had clemmed |
| you | had clemmed |
| they | had clemmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clem |
| you | would clem |
| he;she;it | would clem |
| we | would clem |
| you | would clem |
| they | would clem |
Perfect
| I | would have clemmed |
| you | would have clemmed |
| he;she;it | would have clemmed |
| we | would have clemmed |
| you | would have clemmed |
| they | would have clemmed |
Imperative
| you | clem |
| we | Let's clem |
| you | clem |
Verbs conjugated like 'clem'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'clem'
clam,
clew,
mlem,
alum,
bleam,
bleb,
bleg,
blet,
calm,
cam,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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]”). See: Old English '
clemman', Dutch '
klemmen', German, old spelling '
klemmen'.
Sample Sentences
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"[…] Here he's back home again, and without work, and without a penny, and thou knows t' little one and I were pretty well clemmed to death when thou got us a bit o' bread and meat last night. We were that!" [1889, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Between Two Loves, Ch. VI, p. 110:]
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Who are half clemmed from year’s end to year’s end, and see no close to it, no hope, no finish but the pauper’s deals! [1919, Stanley J. Weyman, “IX. Old Things”, in The Great House:]