Lexic.us

Definition of Cramp

1. Verb. Secure with a cramp. "Cramp the wood"

2. Noun. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.

3. Verb. Prevent the progress or free movement of. "The imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

4. Noun. A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued.

5. Verb. Affect with or as if with a cramp.

6. Noun. A strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together.

7. Verb. Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle.

Definition of Cramp

1. n. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

2. v. t. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.

3. a. Knotty; difficult.

4. n. A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.

Definition of Cramp

1. Noun. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. ¹

2. Noun. A clamp for carpentry or masonry. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To prohibit movement or expression. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cramp

1. to restrain or confine [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Cramp

1. 1. A painful muscle spasm caused by prolonged tetanic contraction. 2. A localised muscle spasm related to occupational use, qualified according to the occupation of the sufferer; e.g., seamstress's cramp, writer's cramp. Origin: M.E. Crampe, fr. O. Fr., fr. Germanic (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cramp

cramboes crambos cramdown cramdowns crame crames cramesies cramesy crammed crammer

crammers cramming cramoisie cramoisies cramoisy cramp (current term) cramp iron cramp someone's style crampbark cramped

crampedness crampet crampets crampfish crampfishes crampier crampiest crampiness cramping crampit

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