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Cramp

Cramp Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cramp? [n] a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together [n] a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued [n] a painful and involuntary muscular contraction [v] prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" [v] secure with a cramp Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cramp: cramp iron \| halter \| hamper \| muscle spasm \| spasm \| strangle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cramp: abate \| abbreviate \| abdominal epilepsy \| access \| ache \| aching \| acquired epilepsy \| activated epilepsy \| acute pain \| affect epilepsy \| affix \| akinetic epilepsy \| anchor \| angustifoliate \| angustirostrate \| angustisellate \| angustiseptal \| annex \| apoplexy \| arrest \| arrestation \| arrestment \| attach \| attack \| attenuate \| autonomic epilepsy \| belay \| beyond one \| bite \| blockage \| blocking \| blow \| 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embarrass \| encase \| encumber \| enervate \| enfeeble \| engraft \| enmesh \| ensnarl \| entangle \| entoil \| entomb \| entrammel \| entrap \| entwine \| epilepsia \| epilepsia gravior \| epilepsia major \| epilepsia minor \| epilepsia mitior \| epilepsia nutans \| epilepsia tarda \| epilepsy \| epitasis \| eviscerate \| exhaust \| extenuate \| falling sickness \| fasten \| fetter \| fit \| fix \| fixation \| focal epilepsy \| foot-dragging \| foul up \| frenzy \| fulgurant pain \| garbled \| girdle pain \| gnawing \| graft \| grand mal \| grapple \| grief \| grip \| griping \| gruel \| gum \| gum up \| hamper \| hampering \| hamstring \| handicap \| hard \| hard to understand \| haute mal \| hem \| hem in \| hindering \| hindrance \| hitch \| hobble \| holdback \| holdup \| hurt \| hysterical epilepsy \| ictus \| immure \| impede \| impediment \| incapacious \| incommodious \| inhibition \| injury \| interference \| interruption \| intricate \| involve \| isthmian \| isthmic \| Jacksonian epilepsy \| jumbled \| jumping pain \| keep from spreading \| keep within bounds \| kink \| knit \| knotty \| lame \| lancinating pain \| larval epilepsy \| laryngeal epilepsy \| laryngospasm \| latent epilepsy \| lay low \| lesion \| let \| lime \| limit \| limitation \| limited \| localize \| lockjaw \| louse up \| lumber \| make fast \| matutinal epilepsy \| meager \| menstrual epilepsy \| mitigate \| moor \| musicogenic epilepsy \| myoclonous epilepsy \| narrow \| nasty blow \| near \| negativism \| net \| nip \| nocturnal epilepsy \| nuisance value \| obfuscated \| obscure \| obscured \| obstruction \| obstructionism \| occlusion \| opposition \| orgasm \| overtechnical \| pain \| pang \| paroxysm \| passion \| perplexed \| petit mal \| physiologic epilepsy \| pinch \| press down \| prick \| psychic epilepsy \| psychomotor epilepsy \| pucker \| pucker up \| purse \| put to \| qualification \| qualify \| queer \| rattle \| reduce \| reflex epilepsy \| repression \| resistance \| restraint \| restrict \| restricted \| restriction \| retardation \| retardment \| Rolandic epilepsy \| rotatoria \| saddle with \| sap \| scant \| scanty \| screw up \| secure \| seizure \| sensory epilepsy \| serial epilepsy \| set \| set to \| setback \| sexual climax \| shackle \| shake \| shake up \| sharp pain \| shock \| shoot \| shooting \| shooting pain \| shorten \| slender \| snafu \| snarl \| soften up \| solidify \| sore \| sore spot \| spasm \| squeeze \| stab \| stabbing pain \| stint \| stitch \| stoppage \| strait \| straiten \| strangle \| stranglehold \| strangulate \| stress \| stress of life \| stricture \| stroke \| stultification \| suffering \| suppression \| tangle \| tardy epilepsy \| tender spot \| tetanus \| tetany \| thrill \| throes \| thromboembolism \| thrombosis \| tight \| tighten \| toil \| tonic epilepsy \| tonic spasm \| tormen \| torsion spasm \| tough \| trammel \| traumatic epilepsy \| trice up \| trim \| trismus \| tweak \| twinge \| twitch \| ucinate epilepsy \| unbrace \| undermine \| unman \| unnerve \| unstrengthen \| unstring \| visitation \| weaken \| weigh down \| wound \| wrench \| wrinkle See Also \| blepharospasm \| bound \| charleyhorse \| clamp \| confine \| crick \| fasten \| fix \| graphospasm \| limit \| myoclonus \| opisthotonos \| restrain \| restrict \| rick \| secure \| slip \| strip \| symptom \| tenesmus \| throttle \| trammel \| trismus \| twitch \| twitching \| vellication \| wrick \| writer's cramp Cramp In Webster's Dictionary \Cramp\ (kr[a^]mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See {Grape}.] 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. --L'Estrange. Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. --Cowper. 2. (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. 3. (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. 4. 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. 5. (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. --Sir T. More. {Cramp bone}, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. --Halliwell. ``He could turn cramp bones into chess men.'' --Dickens. {Cramp ring}, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday. \Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cramped} (kr?mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramping}.] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. --Layard. 2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. 3. Hence, to bind together; to unite. The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke. 4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. 5. To afflict with cramp. When the gout cramps my joints. --Ford. {To cramp the wheels of wagon}, to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon. \Cramp\, a. [See {Cramp}, n.] Knotty; difficult. [R.] Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons for this opinion. --Coleridge. \Cramp\, n. (Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.

Cramp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cramp?

[n] a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
[n] a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
[n] a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
[v] prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
[v] secure with a cramp

Cramp In Webster's Dictionary

\Cramp\ (kr[a^]mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. &
Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel.
krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram.
See {Grape}.]
1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle;
   a hindrance.

         A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind.
                                               --L'Estrange.

         Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear.
                                               --Cowper.

2. (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used
   to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp
   iron.

3. (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used
   for compressing the joints of framework, etc.

4. 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.

5. (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of
   a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

         The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs.
                                               --Sir T. More.

{Cramp bone}, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a
   charm for the cramp. --Halliwell. ``He could turn cramp
   bones into chess men.'' --Dickens.

{Cramp ring}, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in
   averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by
   one of the kings of England on Good Friday.


\Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cramped} (kr?mt; 215); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cramping}.]
1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and
   contract; to hinder.

         The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge
         as by ignorance.                      --Layard.

2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.

3. Hence, to bind together; to unite.

         The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped
         and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke.

4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.

5. To afflict with cramp.

         When the gout cramps my joints.       --Ford.

{To cramp the wheels of wagon}, to turn the front wheels out
   of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be
   against the body of the wagon.


\Cramp\, a. [See {Cramp}, n.]
Knotty; difficult. [R.]

      Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons
      for this opinion.                        --Coleridge.


\Cramp\, n. (Med.)
A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as,
writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.

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