Word

cramp, v.
(cramped, cramping, cramps)

suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
<verb.body>

cramp

verb frames

Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

suffer, have, sustain, get

affect with or as if with a cramp
<verb.body>

cramp

verb frames

Something ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

prevent the progress or free movement of
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

cramp halter hamper strangle

sample sentences

"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
"the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

limit, confine, restrict, bound, throttle, trammel

secure with a cramp
<verb.contact>

cramp

sample sentences

"cramp the wood"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

fasten, fix, secure