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Meaning of 'cramp' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cramp [ n.]
- That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
- A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
- A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
- 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.
- A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
- Knotty; difficult.
2 . Cramp [ v. t.]
- To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
- To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
- to bind together; to unite.
- To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
- To afflict with cramp.

Meaning of 'cramp' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cramp [ v]
Meaning (1):
- secure with a cramp
Example in sentence:
  • cramp the wood
Meaning (2):
- prevent the progress or free movement of
Example in sentence:
  • He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather;
  • the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries

Nearby Words:

crab crab tree crab-yaws crabbed crabber crabbing crabbish crabby crabeater craber

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