cramp
To contract painfully and uncontrollably(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
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Meaning
7 senses(intransitive)(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
krampfen
своди́ть судорогойsvodítʹ
зводитиzvodyty, звестиzvesty
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
(transitive)To affect with cramps or spasms.
affect with or as if with a cramp
(figuratively, transitive)To prohibit movement or expression of.
You're cramping my style.
стеснятьstesnjatʹ, ограни́чиватьograníčivatʹ
More meanings 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
To form on a cramp.
to cramp boot legs
To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
(broadly)To bind together; to unite.
Origin
From Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cramFrom 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, crampedTenses
cramp · cramped · will cramp · have crampedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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