Cramp
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English
Noun
Cramp (plural Cramps)- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
Verb
Cramp (third-person singular simple present Cramps, present participle Cramping, simple past and past participle Cramped)
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- (transitive) To prohibit movement or expression.
- You're cramping my style.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.
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Adjectives
agonizing; distressing; hindering; muscle-fettering; paralyzing; torturing; violent.
Verbs
affect with—; alleviate—; cause—; contract with—; ease—; massage—; predispose to—; produce—; rack with—; seize with—; take with—; —agonizes; —attacks; —benumbs; —constricts; —extends; —incapacitates; —knots; —numbs; —pains; —paralyzes; —pinches; —restrains; —stiffens ; —tortures.
Thesaurus
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æmp
Translations
Noun
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Verb
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References
- “Cramp” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
