cramp
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(verb) secure with a cramp |
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Related Words: fasten, fix, secure |
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| 2. |
(noun) a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together |
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Synonyms: cramp iron |
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Related Words: slip, strip |
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(noun) a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued |
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Related Words: clamp |
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| 4. |
(noun) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
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Synonyms: spasm |
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Related Words: charleyhorse, crick, rick, symptom, twitch, twitching, wrick, writer's cramp |
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(verb) prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather" |
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Synonyms: halter, hamper |
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Related Words: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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