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Meaning of Cramp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
kɹæmp

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
    countable, uncountable
  3. That which confines or contracts.
    countable, uncountable
  4. A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
    countable, uncountable
  5. 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.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التشنّج تشنج شَدٌّ عَضَلِيّ عقال
Български преча схващане
Bosanski breča forma grč kramp kreč грч
Català rampa
Čeština křeč
Deutsch Krampe Krampf Krämpfen Krampus
Ελληνικά κράμπα μέγγενη
Esperanto kramfo
Español acalambramiento acalambrarse arratonamiento arratonarse calambre coartar constreñir encalambrarse inmovilizar rampa
Suomi este kouristaa kouristus krampata kramppi lesti lihaskramppi lukita puristin rajoite rajoittaa suonenveto suonenvetokohtaus vetää suonta
Français crampe
Galego breca cambra forma
हिन्दी अँकड़ाहट
Hrvatski breča forma grč kramp kreč грч
Magyar Bénit gátol görcs
Bahasa Indonesia kejang keram
Italiano atrofizzare bloccare calco contrarre crampo forma inibire limitare paralizzare stampo
日本語 引き攣り 攣る 痙攣
한국어 쥐
Kurdî este
Latina pnix
Te Reo Māori hui
Монгол татах
Nederlands kramp
Polski skurcz
Português cãibra
Română cârcel crampă
Русский неразборчивый ограничивать своди́ть судорогой спазм стеснять судорога фиксировать
Slovenčina kŕč
Slovenščina krč
Shqip ngërth
Српски breča forma grč kramp kreč грч
Svenska kramp
ไทย ตะคริว
Tagalog pulikat
Türkçe kramp
Українська звести́ зводити корч судо́ма
Tiếng Việt chuột rút vọp bẻ

Examples

“He retired hurt at 31 due to a leg cramp.”
“August 1534, Margaret Roper (or Thomas More in her name), letter to Alice Alington the cramp also that divers nights gripeth him in his legs.”
“A narrow Fortune is undoubtedly a Cramp to a great Mind.”
“How does it grate upon his thankleſs ear, / Crippling his pleaſures with the cramp of fear!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

cramp ball cramp bone cramp fasciculation syndrome cramp iron cramp ring Crampagna

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