cam

Meanings

Noun

• A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
• A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
• A ridge or mound of earth.
• A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
• Camera.

Verb

• To go on webcam with someone.

Adverb

• Alternative of kam

Origin

• Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam ("cog of a wheel; originally, comb") (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel). comb.