Cramp

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  • noun. An involuntary, spasmodic muscle contraction causing severe pain.
  • noun. A temporary partial paralysis of habitually or excessively used muscles.
  • noun. Spasmodic contractions of the uterus, such as those occurring during menstruation or labor, usually causing pain in the abdomen that may radiate to the lower back and thighs.
  • intransitive verb. To affect with or as if with a cramp.
  • intransitive verb. To suffer from or experience cramps.
  • noun. A frame with an adjustable part to hold pieces together; a clamp.
  • noun. A cramp iron.
  • noun. A compressing or restraining force, influence, or thing.
  • noun. A confined position or part.
  • transitive verb. To hold together with a cramp.
  • transitive verb. To shut in so closely as to restrict the physical freedom of.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To steer (the wheels of a vehicle) to make a turn.
  • transitive verb. To jam (a wheel) by a short turn.
  • adjective. Cramped.
  • idiom. (cramp (one's) style) To restrict or prevent from free action or expression.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Contracted; strait; cramped.
  • Difficult; knotty; hard to decipher, as writing; crabbed.
  • To fasten, confine, or hold with a cramp-iron, fetter, or some similar device.
  • To fashion or shape on a cramp: as, to cramp boot-legs.
  • To confine as if in or with a cramp; hinder from free action or development; restrain; hamper; cripple.
  • To affect with cramps or spasms.
  • noun. An involuntary and painful contraction of a muscle; a variety of tonic spasm.
  • noun. A claw; a paw.
  • noun. A piece of iron bent at the ends, serving to hold together pieces of timber, stones, etc.; a clamp; a cramp-iron. See cramp-iron.
  • noun. A bench-hook or holdfast.
  • noun. A portable kind of iron press, having a screw at one end and a movable shoulder at the other, employed by carpenters and joiners for closely compressing the joints of frame-work.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. That which hinders motion or expansion; restraint; confinement; that which hampers.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
  • noun. A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
  • noun. A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
  • noun. A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use
  • noun. the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp.
  • noun. a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday.
  • adjective. Knotty; difficult.
  • transitive verb. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
  • transitive verb. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
  • transitive verb. to bind together; to unite.
  • transitive verb. To form on a cramp.
  • transitive verb. To afflict with cramp.
  • transitive verb. to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
  • noun. A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
  • verb. (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
  • verb. To prohibit movement or expression.
  • verb. To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. affect with or as if with a cramp
  • Word Usage
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    affect  bound  clamp  clinch  confine  
    Rhyme
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    Camp  Champ  amp  camp  champ  
    Same Context
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    dank  depress  dim  dingy  dusty  
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