cam

plural cams

1. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
   1. A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
2. UKdialectalA ridge or mound of earth.

   Cum doun t' cam' soid

   1861, Dean Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

3. climbingA spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

plural cams

1. informalCamera.
2. piracyA bootleg recording of a film recorded in a movie theater.

present singular third person cams · participle present camming · participle past cammed · past cammed

1. To go on webcam.

comparative more cam · superlative most cam

1. alternativeAlternative form of kam.

1. A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse.

   Synonyms: Granta

1. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7400).
2. A minor river in Gloucestershire which flows into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

plural Cams

1. A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.

   Cam Smith bounced to shortstop on a 100 mph fastball, and Jacob Melton also grounded out on an 86.9 mph curveball.

   2025 June 11, “White Sox pitching prospect Grant Taylor makes jump from Double-A to perfect major league debut”, in Associated Press, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025

plural CAMs

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of complementary and alternative medicine.
2. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of common area maintenance.
3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of computer-aided manufacturing.
4. abbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of cockpit area microphone.
5. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of cell-adhesion molecule.
6. abbreviationinitialismbiochemistryInitialism of crassulacean acid metabolism.
7. USabbreviationhistoricalinitialismhobbiesInitialism of contract air mail (often followed by the route number, eg, CAM 21).
8. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of content-addressable memory.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Campeche: a state of Mexico.