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English to English adjective
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Knotty; difficult. |  | source: webster1913
noun
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a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | | source: wordnet30
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a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued | | source: wordnet30
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a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together | | source: wordnet30
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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. | | source: webster1913
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A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc. | | source: webster1913
verb
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secure with a cramp | | Example: cramp the wood
source: wordnet30
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prevent the progress or free movement of | | Example: He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
source: wordnet30
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affect with or as if with a cramp | | source: wordnet30
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suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | | source: wordnet30
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To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. | | source: webster1913
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