cramp
IPA: krˈæmp
noun
- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
- That which confines or contracts.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- 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.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.
- (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.
- (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- To form on a cramp.
adjective
- (archaic) cramped; narrow
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Examples of "cramp" in Sentences
- The layout is too cramped.
- They suffered from the cramp.
- The cramp bathroom inspired the idea.
- They were not able to cure the cramp.
- The fighting compartment was very cramped.
- Roofs would leak in the cramped classrooms.
- It was the list of The Cramp Twins episodes.
- The labourers lived in cramped tenement blocks.
- The people were not supposed to touch the cramp.
- KING: But the term cramp you hear it all the time right?
- ` ` I would consider that a brain cramp, '' Carlyle said with a smirk.
- Abdominal distension is not associated with pain but mild cramps may occur.
- Short of documenting a massive brain cramp, what’s the value of these materials.
- Writhing in pain with what later was called a cramp, Schneider needed help off the ice.
- Speaking of things that make your brain cramp, let's say you were to join a Second Life roleplay group with the following charter:
- That book gave me such a brain cramp that it's taken me a year to write a review because I've been processing it and trying to figure out how to say what I want to say.
- Sullivan, who missed nearly two seasons and needed two surgeries on his back, missed a couple of shifts in the second period with what Nashville coach Barry Trotz called a cramp in his calf.
- It briefly appeared the efforts would be for naught last night when Youkilis left in the fourth inning of a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays with what he described as a cramp in his right ankle capsule.
- This torpor of the stomach is attended with indigestion, and consequent flatulency, and with pain, which is usually called the cramp of the stomach, and is relievable by aromatics, essential oils, alcohol, or opium.
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