Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.

    krampfen

    своди́ть судорогойsvodítʹ

    зводитиzvodyty, звестиzvesty

  2. (transitive)To affect with cramps or spasms.

    affect with or as if with a cramp

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To prohibit movement or expression of.

    You're cramping my style.

    стеснятьstesnjatʹ, ограни́чиватьograníčivatʹ

    prevent the progress or free movement of

  4. (transitive)To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.

    You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.

    фикси́роватьfiksírovatʹ

    secure with a cramp

  5. To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.

  6. (broadly)To bind together; to unite.

  7. To form on a cramp.

    to cramp boot legs

Examples

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  1. My house is small and cramped.

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  2. Tom had a cramp in his leg.

    deTom hatte einen Krampf in seinem Bein.

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  3. It's going to be a little cramped.

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  4. I have a cramp in my leg.

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  5. I got a cramp in my leg while swimming.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to contract painfully and uncontrollably:
Русский
By meaning 3
to contract painfully and uncontrollably:
to prohibit movement or expression:
to restrain to a specific physical position:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to contract painfully and uncontrollably:

Origin

From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cram

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.

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Forms

cramps, cramping, cramped, cramped
Base formcramp · to cramp
3rd person singularcramps
Present participlecramping
Past simplecramped
Past participlecramped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycramp
he, she, itcramps

Past simpleLesson

all personscramped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cramped
he, she, ithas cramped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cramp

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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