Definition of cramp. Meaning of cramp. Synonyms of cramp

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Definition of cramp

Cramp
Cramp 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
Cramp Cramp, a. [See Cramp, n.] Knotty; difficult. [R.] Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons for this opinion. --Coleridge.

Meaning of cramp from wikipedia

- A cramp is a sudden, involuntary, painful skeletal muscle contraction or overshortening ****ociated with electrical activity; while generally temporary...
- The Cramp Twins is an animated television series created by British cartoonist Brian Wood based on his 1995 graphic novel of the same name. The show was...
- Scottie Cramp is a disease in Scottish Terriers causing spasms and hyperflexion and hyperextension of the legs. It is caused by a disorder in serotonin...
- Writer's cramp or focal hand dystonia (FHD) is an idiopathic movement disorder of adult onset, characterized by abnormal posturing and movement of the...
- Veneranda-Patricia Cramp (born December 18, 2004), who originally performed as Isabella Cramp, shifted to Isabella Crovetti-Cramp, and now performs as...
- A cramp is a sudden, involuntary muscle contraction, often temporarily painful and paralysing. Cramp or cramps may also refer to: Cramp (heraldry), a...
- Spiritual Cramp is an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 2017. The band's musical style incorporates elements of various genres...
- William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company (also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company) was an American shipbuilding company based...
- Cramp fasciculation syndrome (CFS) is a rare peripheral nerve hyperexcitability disorder. It is more severe than the related (and common) disorder known...
- Stanley Cramp OBE (24 September 1913 – 20 August 1987) was a British civil servant and ornithologist best known as the first Chief Editor of the encyclopaedic...