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Cram

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Verb

1. chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram, wad

crowd or pack to capacity

Example Sentences:
'the theater was jampacked'

2. cram

put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

Example Sentences:
'cram books into the suitcase'

3. bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up

study intensively, as before an exam

Example Sentences:
'I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam'

4. cram

prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cram

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verbWord forms: crams, cramming or crammed
1. (transitive)
to force (people, material, etc) into (a room, container, etc) with more than it can hold; stuff
2. 
to eat or cause to eat more than necessary
3. informal
to study or cause to study (facts, etc), esp for an examination, by hastily memorizing
noun
4. 
the act or condition of cramming
5. 
a crush
noun
Steve. born 1960, English middle-distance runner: European 1500 m champion (1981, 1986); world 1500 m champion (1983)

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Cram

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Ralph Adams1863-1942; U.S. architect & writer
verb transitiveWord forms: crammed or ˈcramming
1. 
to fill (a space) beyond normal capacity by pressing or squeezing; pack full or too full
2. 
to stuff; force
to cram papers into a drawer
3. 
to feed to excess; stuff with food
4. 
to prepare (a student) or review (a subject) for an examination in a hurried, intensive way
verb intransitive
5. 
to eat too much or too quickly
6. 
to study or review a subject in a hurried, intensive way, as in preparation for an examination
noun
7. 
a crowded condition; crush
8. 
the act of cramming for an examination

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Cram

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v. crammed, cram·ming, crams
v.tr.
1. To force, press, or squeeze (something) into an insufficient or barely sufficient space; stuff.
2.
a. To feed a large amount of food to (an animal).
b. To fill (oneself or one's stomach, for example) with food.
v.intr.
1. To move into and fully occupy a space: The students crammed into the tiny classroom.
2. To study hastily for an impending examination: was up all night cramming for the history midterm.
n.
Hasty study for an imminent examination.
American architect and critic who championed the Gothic style as a vital mode in modern architecture. His best known design is that for the still-unfinished Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York.

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