cramp

English Thesaurus

1. a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	slip, strip,
definition	:	artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material (noun.artifact)

2. a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	clamp, clinch,
definition	:	a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together (noun.artifact)

3. a painful and involuntary muscular contraction (noun.state)

hypernym	:	symptom,
definition	:	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease (noun.state)

hyponym	:	charley horse, charley-horse,
definition	:	a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise (noun.state)

hyponym	:	graphospasm, writer's cramp,
definition	:	muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil (noun.state)

hyponym	:	blepharospasm,
definition	:	spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye (noun.state)

hyponym	:	crick, kink, rick, wrick,
definition	:	a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (noun.state)

hyponym	:	myoclonus,
definition	:	a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group (noun.state)

hyponym	:	opisthotonos,
definition	:	severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back (noun.state)

hyponym	:	twitch, twitching, vellication,
definition	:	a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition (noun.state)

hyponym	:	tenesmus,
definition	:	painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome (noun.state)

hyponym	:	trismus,
definition	:	prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles (noun.state)

4. suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle (verb.body)

hypernym	:	get, have, suffer, sustain,
definition	:	undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) (verb.body)

5. affect with or as if with a cramp (verb.body)

hypernym	:	affect,
definition	:	act physically on; have an effect upon (verb.body)

6. prevent the progress or free movement of (verb.change)

hypernym	:	bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel,
definition	:	place limits on (extent or access) (verb.change)

7. secure with a cramp (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	fasten, fix, secure,
definition	:	cause to be firmly attached (verb.contact)

8. a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cramp, cramp,
definition	:	secure with a cramp (verb.contact)

9. prevent the progress or free movement of (verb.change)

derivation	:	bond, hamper, shackle, trammel,
definition	:	a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) (noun.artifact)

10. secure with a cramp (verb.contact)

derivation	:	cramp, cramp iron,
definition	:	a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cramp,
definition	:	a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued (noun.artifact)

11. a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cramp, cramp,
definition	:	secure with a cramp (verb.contact)

12. prevent the progress or free movement of (verb.change)

derivation	:	bond, hamper, shackle, trammel,
definition	:	a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) (noun.artifact)

13. secure with a cramp (verb.contact)

derivation	:	cramp, cramp iron,
definition	:	a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cramp,
definition	:	a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued (noun.artifact)