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Meaning of 'cram' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cram [ n.]
- The act of cramming.
- Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
- A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
2 . Cram [ v. i.]
- To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
- To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study.
3 . Cram [ v. t.]
- To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
- To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
- To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.

Meaning of 'cram' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cram [ v]
Meaning (1):
- put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled
Example in sentence:
  • cram books into the suitcase
Meaning (2):
- study intensively, as before an exam
Example in sentence:
  • I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
Meaning (3):
- crowd or pack to capacity
Example in sentence:
  • the theater was jampacked

Nearby Words:

crab crab tree crab-yaws crabbed crabber crabbing crabbish crabby crabeater craber

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