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cramp
(kr/&/mp )

adjective (a)

  • Knotty; difficult.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a painful and involuntary muscular contraction(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    muscle spasm, spasm
    source: wordnet30
  • a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    cramp iron
    source: wordnet30
  • That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • secure with a cramp(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Cramp the wood.
    source: wordnet30
  • prevent the progress or free movement of(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    halter, hamper, strangle
    source: wordnet30
  • affect with or as if with a cramp(verb.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle(verb.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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