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Definition of Cram
1. Verb. Crowd or pack to capacity. "They cram the books into the box"; "The theater was jampacked"
2. Verb. Put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled. "They cram the books into the box"; "Cram books into the suitcase"
Related verbs: Chock Up, Jam, Jampack, Ram, Wad
Specialized synonyms: Stuff
3. Verb. Study intensively, as before an exam. "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Generic synonyms: Hit The Books, Study
Derivative terms: Crammer, Crammer, Swot
4. Verb. Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam.
Related verbs: Bone, Bone Up, Drum, Get Up, Grind Away, Mug Up, Swot, Swot Up
Derivative terms: Crammer, Crammer, Crammer
Definition of Cram
1. 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.
2. v. i. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff.
3. n. The act of cramming.
Definition of Cram
1. Noun. The act of cramming. ¹
2. Noun. Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination. ¹
3. Noun. A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. ¹
4. Verb. 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. ¹
5. Verb. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. ¹
6. Verb. 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. ¹
7. Verb. Study hard, swot. ¹
8. Verb. To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff. ¹
9. Verb. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cram
1. to fill or pack tightly [v CRAMMED, CRAMMING, CRAMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cram
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