cramp

Noun
  1. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction (synset 114383864)
    is a type of: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
    subtypes:
    • charley horse, charley-horse - a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise
    • graphospasm, writer's cramp - muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil
    • blepharospasm - spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye
    • crick, kink, rick, wrick - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
    • myoclonus - a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group
    • opisthotonos - severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
    • twitch, twitching, vellication - a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition
    • tenesmus - painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome
    • trismus - prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles
    same as: muscle spasm, spasm
  2. A clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued (synset 103130902)
    is a type of: clamp, clinch - a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
  3. A strip of metal with ends bent at right angles;
    Used to hold masonry together (synset 103130741)
    is a type of: slip, strip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
    same as: cramp iron
Verb
  1. Secure with a cramp (synset 201307126)
    "cramp the wood"
    is a type of: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached
  2. Prevent the progress or free movement of (synset 200237139)
    "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
    is a type of: bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel - place limits on (extent or amount or access)
    same as: halter, hamper, strangle
  3. Affect with or as if with a cramp (synset 200031174)
    is a type of: affect - act physically on; have an effect upon
  4. Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle (synset 200031061)
    is a type of: get, have, suffer, sustain - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

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