to uncramp
- verb
- /ʌnˈkræmp/
- She decided to take a break from studying to uncramp her neck and relax her body.
I, I they saw that and they were just chucking salt water down my neck trying to get like trying to uncramped my legs for me so that I could keep going.
- I, I they saw that and they were just chucking salt water down my neck trying to get like trying to uncramped my legs for me so that I could keep going.
Examples
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After two hours... unless she's a porno actress getting paid by the hour, she's had enough and needs to put her legs down so she can uncramp them.
Blog text (31) -
The driver said he needed a few minutes to walk around to clear his head and uncramp his joints.
Fiction book (2001) -
Freed from his servers, Defoe took a moment to uncramp his legs, walking about a bit with Llenor.
Fiction book (2000) -
I, I they saw that and they were just chucking salt water down my neck trying to get like trying to uncramped my legs for me so that I could keep going.
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He uncramped his legs and rose to a hunched position, his head spinning, his heart throbbing.
Fiction book (2001) -
After sitting for a long time, I stood up to uncramp my legs and stretch my muscles.
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He gently moved his arms to uncramp them after working at the computer for hours.
Synonyms
Make something less tight so it can move or open
To make or become less tight
To let something go free or make it less tight
Open a tight hand or jaw to relax it
To free something by untying ropes or cords
Become or make less tight, like a rope
To make something less tight or set something free
To make something less tight or free it from something holding it
Make a rope or line less tight
To make the body or mind less tense
To move or stretch your muscles so they are ready to work
Antonyms
How Loose
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncramp also uses un- ('not' or 'reverse') and cramp (a 'tight' or painful squeeze, as in a muscle cramp), so to uncramp a leg or hand is to release that tightness and make it loose again.