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🏠 To make spacious 🦵 To relieve tightness
to uncramp

to uncramp

6.1
To make a room feel less crowded by moving furniture
  • verb
  • /ʌnˈkræmp/
translation icon : desahogar
  • They rearranged the furniture to uncramp the living room for the party.

Examples

  • Opening the windows helped uncramp the small kitchen and made it feel more spacious.

  • She uncramped the closet by organizing the shelves.

  • We decided to uncramp the office by moving some desks into the hallway.

  • I need to uncramp my workspace.

  • We decided to uncramp the office by moving some desks into the hallway.

  • Opening the windows helped uncramp the small kitchen and made it feel more spacious.

  • They rearranged the furniture to uncramp the living room for the party.

Synonyms

to free up space
vsto uncramp
2 3.2

To make more room by removing or moving things

increases space by improving arrangement rather than only clearing things
to decongest
vsto uncramp
5.2

To make a place less crowded by removing things that block it

makes room by improving layout rather than only removing blockages

Antonyms

to crowd
175 1.6

To move many people or animals into a small space

to tighten
145 1.5

To make something hold firmly, like a bolt or belt

How Spacious

to expand
805 2.5
to widen
85 2.5
to open up
64 2.5
to uncramp
6.1
to cramp
20 4.0

Surface Forms

uncramp infinitive
uncramped past
uncramped past participle
uncramping present participle
uncramps third person singular

Morphology

uncramp = cramp (transparent) = un + cramp

The negative prefix 'un-' directly reverses the action of 'cramp', so learners who know 'cramp' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Uncramp is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' or 'reverse' and cramp meaning 'tight' or 'crowded', similar to the word 'crammed'. So to uncramp a room is to make it less tight and give more space.