1. имя существительное 1) спазм, судорога Синоним(ы): spasm, convulsion 2) (cramps) [американский вариант английского языка] колики; приступ острой боли 3) [технический термин] зажим, тиски, скоба 4) [горное дело] целик 2. глагол 1) а) [страдательный залог] вызывать судорогу, спазмы б) испытывать судороги, спазмы 2) ограничивать, связывать, стеснять (движения, перемещение); тормозить (развитие) Синоним(ы): confine, restrain 3) [технический термин] скреплять скобой
зажим; скоба; хомут; струбцина; зажимать; закреплять; скреплять скобой
I. noun Etymology: Middle English crampe, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch crampe; akin to Old High German krampf bent 1. a painful involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle 2. a temporary paralysis of muscles from overuse — compare writer's cramp 3. a. sharp abdominal pain — usually used in plural b. persistent and often intense though dull lower abdominal pain associated with dysmenorrhea — usually used in plural • crampy adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English crampe, from Middle Dutch 1. a. a usually iron device bent at the ends and used to hold timbers or blocks of stone together b. clamp 2. a. something that confines; shackle b. the state of being confined III. verb transitive verb 1. to affect with or as if with a cramp or cramps 2. a. confine, restrain Example: was cramped in the tiny apartment b. to restrain from free expression — used especially in the phrase cramp one's style 3. to fasten or hold with a cramp intransitive verb to be affected with cramps IV. adjective 1. hard to understand or figure out Example: cramp law terms Example: cramp handwriting 2. being cramped Example: a cramp corner