different between runt vs cramped

English

Etymology

The OED pronounces this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED thinks this unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

runt (plural runts)

1. The smallest animal of a litter.
2. (by extension) The smallest child in the family.

3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

   Synonym: dwarf

4. (networking) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
5. (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
6. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
7. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
   • Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland.
8. A bow.

Derived terms

• kale runt
• runty

Translations

References

Anagrams

• turn

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

runt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of runnen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of runnen

Anagrams

• turn

Faroese

Adjective

runt

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of rundur

Adverb

runt

1. around

Old French

Adjective

runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde)

1. Alternative form of reont

Declension

Plautdietsch

Adjective

runt

1. round, circular, spherical

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

runt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of rund.

Adverb

runt

1. around; aimlessly (about movement)

2. around; at random locations
3. around; in a manner that involves a lot of transportation

See also

• gå runt
• se sig runt
• vända runt

Preposition

runt

1. around; denoting a full circle
2. around; following a path which curves near an object
3. around (a corner)
4. around, near (about time)

   Jag kommer runt tre.

   I'll come around three o'clock.

5. about; all round

Synonyms

• kring
• omkring

Derived terms

• runt om
• runt omkring

Yola

Etymology

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Adjective

runt

1. torn

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?æmpt/

Verb

cramped

1. simple past tense and past participle of cramp

Adjective

cramped (comparative more cramped, superlative most cramped)

1. Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

2. Overcrowded or congested.
3. Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
4. Illegible.

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