1. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction
   - spasm, muscle spasm 
2. A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued 
3. A strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
   - cramp iron

1. Secure with a cramp
   "cramp the wood" 
2. Prevent the progress or free movement of
   - hamper, halter, strangle 
3. Affect with or as if with a cramp 
4. Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle

Derived forms: cramped, cramps, cramping

Type of: affect, bound, clamp, clinch, confine, fasten, fix, get, have, limit, restrain, restrict, secure, slip, strip, suffer, sustain, symptom, throttle, trammel

Encyclopedia: Cramp

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