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Pluralcams

Formscams, camming, cammed

1. 1
   nouncolloquialcountable

   A camera, used to take photos or videos.

   Wave at the cam, Grandma can see you!

   The cam on my laptop stopped working last week.

   Similarcamera

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A turning or sliding part in a machine that pushes against another part, like a rod, to make it move.

   Each time the wheel turns, the cam pushes the lever up.

   Inside the wooden toy, small cams lift the little animals up and down.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A curved piece that turns on a pin to press or lock two parts tightly together.

   She pushed the cam down to lock the two boards together.

   The old window has a brass cam that pulls the two frames shut.

4. 4
   nouncountable

   An illegal copy of a movie, filmed with a camera inside a movie theater.

   The first copy online was a cam with terrible sound.

   He won't watch a cam because you can hear people laughing in it.

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5. 5
   verbintransitive

   To talk with someone using a webcam, so you can see each other.

   I cam with my best friend every day after school.

   Last night she cammed with her sister in Spain.

6. 6
   nouncountable

   A climbing tool with springs that grips a crack in the rock to hold the rope for a while.

   He pushed a cam into the crack before climbing higher.

   Our guide checked that each cam was holding firmly.

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7. 7
   noundialectalUKcountable

   A long raised line or small pile of earth.

   The children climbed up the cam at the edge of the field.

   Grass grew thick along the top of the old cam.

   Similarridge, mound, bank

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