English to English
cramp
(kr/&/mp
)
adjective (a)
- Knotty; difficult.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.(noun)source: webster1913
- A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- secure with a cramp(verb.contact)Example:
Cramp the wood.
source: wordnet30 - affect with or as if with a cramp(verb.body)source: wordnet30
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle(verb.body)source: wordnet30
- To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.(verb)source: webster1913