cramp
[noun]
Synonyms: spasm, ache, contraction, convulsion, pain, pang, stitch, twinge
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[verb]
Synonyms: restrict, constrain, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct

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Related Words: shackle, constipation, stultification

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. cramp¹ /kræmp/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: crampe, perhaps from Low German krampe; ⇒ cramp²]

1. [uncountable and countable] a severe pain that you get in part of your body when a muscle becomes too tight, making it difficult for you to move that part of your body:
Several players were suffering from cramp.
muscle cramps
have/get (a) cramp
One of the swimmers got cramp and had to drop out of the race. ⇒ WRITER’S CRAMP

2. (stomach) cramps [plural] severe pains in the stomach, especially the ones that women get when they menstruate

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. cramp² verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Partly from ⇒ cramp¹; partly from cramp 'tool for holding things together' (14-21 centuries), from Low German krampe 'hook']

1. [transitive] to prevent the development of someone or something Synonym : hinder, restrict:
Stricter anti-pollution laws may cramp economic growth.

2. cramp sb’s style informal to prevent someone from behaving in the way they want to:
Paul said he didn’t want Sarah to come along because she cramps his style.

3. [intransitive and transitive] (also cramp up) to get or cause cramp in a muscle:
He cramped in the last 200 metres of the race.
Sitting still for so long had cramped her muscles.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cramp
noun
ADJ. agonizing, painful | sudden She had a sudden painful cramp in her left leg.
abdominal, stomach
QUANT. attack I was suddenly seized by an attack of cramp.
VERB + CRAMP have

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

cramp
kræmp
See: writer's cramp

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