Verb
- 1. cramp, fasten, fix, secure
- usage: secure with a cramp; "cramp the wood"
- 2. hamper, halter, cramp, strangle, restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
- usage: 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"
- 3. cramp, affect
- usage: affect with or as if with a cramp
- 4. cramp, suffer, sustain, have, get
- usage: suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
Adjective
- 1. cramped, incommodious (vs. commodious)
- usage: constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"
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