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cramp

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[ US /ˈkɹæmp/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈæmp/ ]
VERB
  1. prevent the progress or free movement of
    the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
    He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
  2. suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
  3. secure with a cramp
    cramp the wood
  4. affect with or as if with a cramp
NOUN
  1. a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
  2. a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
  3. a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
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  • This was followed by a level stretch of grassy scree which leads to the crux, a steep shallow chimney, well marked by crampon scratches.
  • ‘There were many times when I felt faint at matches because of menstrual cramps,’ Susan says.
  • But physical discomforts during the third trimester, such as heartburn, leg cramps, fetal movement, shortness of breath and sinus congestion, can again interfere with sleep.
  • Because today's a public holiday, Sunday night was without that familiar cramp in the neck from thinking about Monday's workload, even though I actually have to work later in the arvo today.
  • The cramps possibly were a side effect of a pulled muscle suffered in winter ball last year.
  • Worry and lack of money cramp the lives of the unemployed.
  • The letters were carved in a cramped scrawl, moonlight etching the crevices and staining the shadows silver.
  • Is adebayor back tomorrow? is rsc injured again after going off or what is just "cramp"? id keep the same side as fulham but id rest vieria and play de jong and bring adebayor in for rsc if he is injured! if rsc is fit, and keep with him, because he wins far more balls in the air than adebayor. Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed
  • Calderon sat out the final quarter with what he called a hamstring cramp in Wednesday's loss to the Sixers in Philadelphia. Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS
  • Native Americans have long used cramp bark, an aptly named antispasmodic herb, to relieve menstrual cramps.
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