Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Uncomfortably small or restricted.
- adjective Difficult to read, especially for being crowded into a small space.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective inconveniently small; restricting movement; -- of living quarters or workspace.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
cramp . - adjective
uncomfortably restricted insize - adjective
overcrowded orcongested - adjective
tight because of or like suffering acramp
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective constricted in size
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Examples
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But just the opposite happened, and the jobs that can't be outsourced are insourced by illegals and H1B visa workers who live in cramped quarters that violate minimum housing standards and work for slave wages. ruty
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And as you can tell from my previous posts, a filing cabinet with a pull-out writing shelf and a small desk footprint that leaves everything looking crowded and cramped, is not conducive to work!
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(Anger's poisonous energy is intensified in cramped spaces).
Judith Orloff MD: How to Cope with Personal Space Intruders (VIDEO) Judith Orloff MD 2010
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He does a nice job of world-building, setting his characters in cramped business offices and diners.
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(Anger's poisonous energy is intensified in cramped spaces).
Judith Orloff MD: How to Cope with Personal Space Intruders (VIDEO) Judith Orloff MD 2010
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I stare as the lettuce bottoms out into the belly of the bar, disappearing into the basement below, where an invisible chef will labor in cramped quarters for the lunch crowd that arrives at noon.
Cafés 2010
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Pongau and thousands of men were herded together in cramped conditions, but instead of being sent on they were left unguarded as, amazingly, the guards had all left.
Work Camp 1768 L 2010
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You had to contend with all the challenges of living in cramped spaces with 32 people.
Chilean miner Edison Pena, take me to Graceland! Alexandra Petri 2010
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You never spent a week at a time with your parents on endless drives across the continent, in cramped cars, dingy motels or damp caravans?
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I stare as the lettuce bottoms out into the belly of the bar, disappearing into the basement below, where an invisible chef will labor in cramped quarters for the lunch crowd that arrives at noon.
Alps 2010
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