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Synonyms for cramp
kræmpcramp
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Princeton's WordNet
spasm, cramp, muscle spasmnoun
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
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spasm, muscle spasm, cramp ironcrampnoun
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
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spasm, muscle spasm, cramp ironcramp, cramp ironverb
a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
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spasm, muscle spasm, cramp ironcrampverb
secure with a cramp
"cramp the wood"
hamper, halter, cramp, strangleverb
prevent the progress or free movement of
"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
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halter, smother, suffocate, choke, gag, stifle, hamper, strangle, throttle, repress, handicap, hinder, strangulate, mufflecrampverb
affect with or as if with a cramp
crampverb
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
Editors Contribution
muscle pain
Dictionary of English Synonymes
crampnoun
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spasm, crick, convulsioncrampnoun
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[Rare.] check, restriction, restraint, obstructioncrampnoun
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cramp-ironcrampverb
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affect with spasmscrampverb
crampverb
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fasten with a cramp
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3889 | narrow | |
#8275 | bind | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#12429 | gag | |
#12951 | handicap | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21226 | halter | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#26033 | cripple | |
#27773 | smother | |
#30189 | clog | |
#36343 | confine | |
#43067 | stifle | |
#44779 | cramp | |
#45481 | spasm | |
#47590 | crick | |
#56041 | repress | |
#60869 | strangle | |
#74728 | fetter | |
#82036 | suffocate | |
#115405 | muffle |
How to use cramp in a sentence?
I’m not able to do manual work (which in this case means typing or using a mouse) for extended periods of time without my hands starting to cramp, i can however write for an hour or two at a time. This wasn’t a problem in Twitter 1.0 since I was a senior director and my job was mostly to help teams move forward, give them strategic and tactical advice.
I feel like if I am not running, then I am doing something wrong with my life, if I get a heat cramp while running or my feet hurt or I am getting exhausted, I just keep saying their names out loud to Micah Herndon. They went through much worse, so I run for them and their families.
Søren Kierkegaard, Journal, july 6., 1838:
Fixed ideas are like a cramp in the foot - the best remedy against it is to tread on it.
The last thing we want to do is let somebody take a big swing and it’s more than a cramp.
Every muscle just went ‘cramp, cramp, cramp, cramp,'.
Translations for cramp
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- спазъм, преча, схващам се, скоба, схващане, хващам със скоба, спъвам, парализирам, закопчалкаBulgarian
- křečCzech
- Krampf, krampfen, KlammerGerman
- μέγγενηGreek
- kramfoEsperanto
- sargento, acalambrarse, inmovilizar, calambreSpanish
- vetää suonta, kramppi, lihaskramppi, kouristus, lukita, puristin, rajoittaa, kouristaa, suonenveto, krampataFinnish
- crampeFrench
- görcsöl, görcs, gátol, bénítHungarian
- kuiki, kaurapa, hakoko, uauawhitiMāori
- mengejang, kejanganMalay
- krampeNorwegian
- krampDutch
- krampeNorwegian Nynorsk
- krampeNorwegian
- cãibraPortuguese
- зажим, судорога, сводить, фиксировать, ограничивать, стеснять, спазмRussian
- ukočiti, grčiti se, grč, spazamSerbo-Croatian
- kŕčSlovak
- krampSwedish
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