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to cramp
01
to limit or stop something from moving or progressing freely
Transitive: to cramp movement or progress of something
Examples
The traffic jam cramped our journey to the airport.
02
to experience a sharp, painful tightening or contraction in a muscle
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
cramp
3rd person singular
cramps
Past simple
cramped
Past participle
cramped
Examples
After running for miles, she suddenly cramped in her calf and had to stop.
03
to cause someone or something to experience a sudden, painful contraction of a muscle or a restriction
Transitive: to cramp a muscle
Examples
The cold water cramped his leg, making him stop swimming.
04
to secure or fasten something using a tool or device called a cramp that hold pieces together
Transitive: to cramp two things
Examples
The workers cramped the beams into position before the cement set.
Cramp
01
a sudden painful contraction in a muscle due to fatigue
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
cramps
Examples
He got a cramp in his calf during the marathon and had to stop.
02
a metal strip bent at the ends, used to hold bricks or stones together
Examples
The builder used a cramp to keep the stone wall from falling apart.
03
a tool that holds pieces of wood tightly while the glue dries
Examples
He tightened the cramp to keep the wooden pieces together.
Lexical Tree
cramped
cramp
