cramped
/kɹæmpt/ · verb
Meaning
- (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To affect with cramps or spasms.
- To prohibit movement or expression of.
- To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
- Overcrowded or congested.
- Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
- Illegible.
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