cramp

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US /kɹæmp/ See IPA manual

Freq #12842

Meanings

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verb
to secure with a cramp

Cramp the wood.

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Synonyms

constrict spasm

Word family

Forms crampedcrampingcramps

Derived forms crampbarkcrampetcrampfishcrampinglycrampishcrampyuncramp

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cramp someone's style
to limit someone's freedom to behave or express themselves in their usual way

Etymology

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.

crampe Middle English *krampa frk *krampu Proto-West Germanic *krampō Proto-Germanic

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