Cramp
noun
- 1.
- (sudden painful involuntary tightening of a muscle, partial local paralysis, as) muscle cramp រមួលក្រពើ, ក្ដាមកាច់ជើង, ប្រគ្រីវ
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ការរមួលក្រពើ, ក្ដាមកាច់, ការរមួលសាច់ដុំនៅជុំវិញស្បូនក្នុងពេលមានរដូវ
verb — past tense: cramped ; past participle: cramped ; present participle: cramping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To cause cramp in) small offices cramp me ធ្វើឱ្យទទើសទទែង
Example: To cramp initiative.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
- 2.
- A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.
- 3.
- A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.
- 4.
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- 5.
- A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.
- 6.
- A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc.
verb — past tense: cramped ; past participle: cramped ; present participle: cramping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bind together; to unite.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To afflict with cramp.
- 1.
- Knotty, difficult