| Definitions of 'cramp' |
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1. (noun) spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
2. (noun) cramp
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
3. (verb) cramp, cramp iron
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
4. (verb) cramp
secure with a cramp
"cramp the wood"
5. (verb) hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
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"
6. (verb) cramp
affect with or as if with a cramp
7. (verb) cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
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| Definitions of 'cramp' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cramp
that which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance
2. (noun) cramp
a device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron
3. (noun) cramp
a rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc
4. (noun) cramp
a piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape
5. (noun) cramp
a spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg
6. (noun) cramp
knotty; difficult
7. (verb) cramp
to compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder
8. (verb) cramp
to fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp
9. (verb) cramp
to bind together; to unite
10. (verb) cramp
to form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs
11. (verb) cramp
to afflict with cramp
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