cramp

1. (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.intransitive

2. (transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms.Examples: "The collar of the tunic scratched my neck, the steel helmet made my head ache, and the puttees cramped my leg muscles."transitive

3. (transitive, figurative) To prohibit movement or expression of.Examples: "You're cramping my style."; "But the front of the animal , which was in full , was narrow and cramped , and unequal in dignity to the side"figurativelytransitive

4. (transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.Examples: "You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill."; "when the gout cramps my joints"transitive

5. (by extension) To bind together; to unite.Examples: "The […] fabric of universal justice is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts."broadly