CLEM Meaning of CLEM in English /klem/ , v.t., v.i., clemmed, clemming . Brit. Dial.to starve. [ 1530-40; akin to ME forclemmed (ptp.) pinched with hunger, OE beclemman to fetter ] Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012