cramp

Senso (English)

Noun

1. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
2. That which confines or contracts.
3. A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
4. A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.

Verb

1. (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
2. To affect with cramps or spasms.
3. To prohibit movement or expression of.
4. To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
5. To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
6. To bind together; to unite.
7. To form on a cramp.

Adj

cramped; narrow

Synonyms

spasm

convulsion

clamp

🗜️

confine

hamper

staple

crick

restrict

dog

🐕

kink

limit

stiff

pins and needles

cramp iron

scotch

convulse

sprain

squeeze

circumscribe

muscle spasm

gripper

obstruct

halter

contract

strangle

clench

clinch

fit

check

hook

🪝

tighten

restrain

twitch

crowd

vise

constrict

forbid

forestall

forfend

frustrate

gaff

gather up

grapple

grasp

grip

gripe

head off

help

hinder

hitch

holdfast

holding device

illogical

impede

incapacitate

inhibit

jerk

localise

localize

minimize

narrow

numbness

obviate

palsy

pang

paroxysm

pawl

press

prevent

queer

reduce

retard

scant

scar

set back

severe pain

shut

skid

spoil

stay

stem

stiffness

sting

stint

stirrup

stonewall

strain

straiten

strangulate

stymie

stymy

tetany

throe

thwart

tie

tongs

trammel

vice

wryneck

backpedal

dog iron

press hard

writer’s cramp

be cramped

have a cramp

cocking piece

algospasm

forefend

blushing bracket

violent pain

tetanilla

attachment clip

dog anchor

sofrer espasmo

binding clasp jaw

pincer clamp

clamp frame

stop

🛑

king Alfred’s cakes

contain

abridge

anchor

⚓

anchylosis

arrest

avert

baffle

bar

bilk

block

blockade

block out

block up

bracer

bracket

brake

clam

clasp

clip

close

cramped

cramps

crib

cross

curtail

cut down

debar

deflect

depress

deter

dispirit

embarrass

enfold

filibuster

foil

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kɹæmp/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: crampe

Cognate with inglese: crop

In summary

From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cramp”), from Proto-West Germanic *krampu, from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). Distant relative of English crop.