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crampcramp2 verb ETYMOLOGYcramp2Origin: 1500-1600 Partly from ➔ CRAMP1; partly from cramp tool for holding things together (14-21 centuries), from Low German krampe hook VERB TABLEcramp |
Present | I, you, we, they | cramp | | he, she, it | cramps | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cramped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cramped | | he, she, it | has cramped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cramped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cramp | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cramped |
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Present | I | am cramping | | he, she, it | is cramping | | you, we, they | are cramping | Past | I, he, she, it | was cramping | | you, we, they | were cramping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cramping | | he, she, it | has been cramping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cramping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cramping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cramping |
1[intransitive, transitive] (also cramp up) to get a cramp in a muscle: His muscles cramped so severely he had to stop playing.2[transitive] to prevent the development of someone or something SYN hinder, restrict: Federal guidelines are cramping the state’s ability to adjust its own budget.3cramp somebody’s style to prevent someone from behaving in the way he or she wants to: I don’t want to take my sister along; she cramps my style.—cramping noun [uncountable] |