Dictionary definition · cramp
noun
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
verb
- secure with a cramp"cramp the wood"
- prevent the progress or free movement of"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
- affect with or as if with a cramp
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).