n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 15th century
1 : to affect with or as if with a cramp or cramps
2 a : CONFINE , RESTRAIN <was cramp ed in the tiny apartment> b : to restrain from free expression ― used especially in the phrase cramp one's style
3 : to fasten or hold with a cramp
intransitive verb : to be affected with cramps