Word Meanings - CRAMP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. (more info) Dan. krampe, G. krampf , Icel. krappr strait, 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance.

Additional info about word: CRAMP

A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. (more info) Dan. krampe, G. krampf , Icel. krappr strait, 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance. A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. L'Estrange. Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. Cowper.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CRAMP)

• Cripple
• Weaken
• impair
• curtail
• cramp
• disable

Related words: (words related to CRAMP)

• CRAMP
  A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. (more info) Dan. krampe, G. krampf , Icel. krappr strait, 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance.
• IMPAIRMENT
  The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.
• DISABLEMENT
  Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon.
• IMPAIRER
  One who, or that which, impairs.
• CRIPPLENESS
  Lameness. Johnson.
• CURTAILER
  One who curtails.
• DISABLE
  Lacking ability; unable. "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.
• CURTAIL
  To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.
• CRAMPON
  An a
• CRAMPY
  1. Affected with cramp. 2. Productive of, or abounding in, cramps. "This crampy country." Howitt.
• CRIPPLER
  A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.
• CURTAILMENT
  The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
• WEAKEN
  1. To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. Their hands
• CRAMP IRON
  See 2
• CRIPPLE
  One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden. (more
• WEAKENER
  One who, or that which, weakens. " weakeners of sin." South.
• CRAMPOONS
  1. A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc. 2. Iron insruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold.
• CRAMPIT
  See CRAMPET
• IMPAIR
  To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value. Time sensibly all things impairs. Roscommon. In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. Pope. Syn. -- To
• CRAMPONEE
  Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.
• MERCHANDISABLE
  Such as can be used or transferred as merchandise.
• UNIMPAIRABLE
  That can not be impaired. Hakewill.