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clamp down
Overview of noun clamp-down
The noun clampdown has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. clampdown -- (sudden restriction on an activity)
Overview of verb clamp-down
The verb clamp down has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. clamp down, crack down -- (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clamp-down
1 sense of clampdown
Sense 1
clampdown
=> limitation, restriction
=> regulation, regulating
=> control
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun clamp-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun clamp-down
1 sense of clampdown
Sense 1
clampdown
=> limitation, restriction
Antonyms of noun clamp-down
Member Holonyms of noun clamp-down
Substance Holonyms of noun clamp-down
Part Holonyms of noun clamp-down
Member Meronyms of noun clamp-down
Substance Meronyms of noun clamp-down
Part Meronyms of noun clamp-down
Meronyms of noun clamp-down
Holonyms of noun clamp-down
Attributes of noun clamp-down
Derived Forms of noun clamp-down
1 sense of clampdown
Sense 1
clampdown
RELATED TO>(verb) clamp down#1
=> clamp down, crack down
Domain of noun clamp-down
Domain Terms of noun clamp-down
Familiarity of noun clamp-down
clampdown used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun clamp-down
1 sense of clampdown
Sense 1
clampdown
> limitation, restriction
=> load-shedding
=> arms control
=> hold-down
=> freeze
=> clampdown
Meronyms of noun clamp-down
1 sense of clampdown
Holonyms of noun clamp-down
Antonyms of verb clamp-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clamp-down
1 sense of clamp down
Sense 1
clamp down, crack down
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb clamp-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clamp-down
1 sense of clamp down
Sense 1
clamp down, crack down
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
'Cause To' of verb clamp-down
Derived Forms of verb clamp-down
1 sense of clamp down
Sense 1
clamp down, crack down
RELATED TO>(noun) clampdown#1
=> clampdown
Domain of verb clamp-down
Domain Terms of verb clamp-down
Familiarity of verb clamp-down
clamp down used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb clamp-down
1 sense of clamp down
Sense 1
clamp down, crack down
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb clamp-down
1 sense of clamp down
Sense 1
clamp down, crack down
> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> reduce, tighten
=> tie
=> gate
=> draw the line, draw a line
=> mark off, mark out
=> rule, harness, rein
=> baffle, regulate
=> hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
=> stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
=> clamp down, crack down
=> inhibit
=> restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb clamp-down
Sense 1
clamp down, crack down
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
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