Word Meaning

cramp definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for cramp

- Confine
- Grip
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- Muscle spasm
- Muscular contraction
- Painful muscle contraction
- Painful muscular contraction
- Spasm
- Sudden muscle contraction
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