a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
[ Syn: spasm , muscle spasm ]
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
[ Syn: cramp iron ]
cramp (n.)
secure with a cramp; cramp the wood'
prevent the progress or free movement of; He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather; the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
affect with or as if with a cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle