cramp
Nouns
- (n) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction muscle spasm, spasm,
- (n) a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- (n) a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together cramp iron,
Verbs
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(v) secure with a cramp
- cramp the wood
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(v) prevent the progress or free movement of
- He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
- the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
- (v) affect with or as if with a cramp
- (v) suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle