What is the meaning of cramped?

verb

  • Secure with a cramp.
    • usage: "cramp the wood"
  • Prevent the progress or free movement of.
    • usage: "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
  • Affect with or as if with a cramp.
  • Suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle.

adjective

  • Constricted in size.
    • usage: "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"
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