Noun
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a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles
used to hold masonry together
- cramp iron -
a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
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a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- muscle spasm
Verb
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suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
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affect with or as if with a cramp
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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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secure with a cramp
"cramp the wood"