To form on a cramp.
(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
To affect with cramps or spasms.
To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
To prohibit movement or expression of.
To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
To bind together; to unite.
A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
That which confines or contracts.
A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
To squeeze between two objects.
Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
To arrest or capture.
To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
To steal, usually something inconsequential.
To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
To seize; to grip; to bite.
A close compression of anything with the fingers.
A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
An organic herbal smoke additive.
A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
An arrest.
A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.