cramp
noun
1. a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
Similar word(s): spasm
Definition categories: state, symptom
2. a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
Definition categories: man–made, clamp, clinch
3. a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
verb
1. secure with a cramp
- cramp the wood
Definition categories: contact, fasten, fix, secure
2. prevent the progress or free movement of
Similar word(s): halter, hamper, strangle
Definition categories: change, bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel
3. affect with or as if with a cramp
Definition categories: body, affect
4. suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
Definition categories: body, get, have, suffer, sustain
Sentences with cramp as a verb:
- You're cramping my style.
- You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.
- to cramp boot legs